Talk:Lobster

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America-centrism

Somewhat confused by the entirely US-centric examples given here, considering that lobsters exist, and are consumed, all over the world. Dismas444 (talk) 19:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Color prevalence table makes no sense

Of course, various proportions of all lobsters have various colors.

But the sum of all these fractions must add up to the number 1. (Or if expressed as percentages, they must add up to 100%.)

But it is easy to see that in the Lobster color chart the prevalence proportions add up to far less than the number 1.

Why is that? Either the numbers are significantly wrong, or else one or more colors are entirely omitted from the chart.

I hope someone knowledgeable about this subject can fix this obvious mistake.2601:200:C000:1A0:B948:3237:8DF:ADC2 (talk) 15:15, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Homaridae" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Homaridae and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 23#Homaridae until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 05:38, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

scampi

@Cougroyalty Hi just wondering did you actually read the section? "Commercially important species include two species of Homarus from the northern Atlantic Ocean and scampi " includes no reference to the dish which is also called scampi. the page scampi is entirely about the dish. these are completely unrelated. Jamiehayn (talk) 21:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, I read it, and I still have my reservations about that entire paragraph. (I kinda think we should just delete the whole paragraph.) But anyways, the sentence as written uses the word scampi, with a link. The link should match the word, based on my understanding of WP:Link. If you think scampi should be changed to Macrobrachium rosenbergii, just remove the word scampi entirely. However, and more importantly, Macrobrachium rosenbergii is not a lobster, but rather a shrimp, belonging to the infraorder Caridea. So it shouldn't be mentioned here on the Lobster page. The scampi page mentions langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus), which IS a member of the Lobster family Nephropidae, so this is the correct species for this paragraph. Perhaps the link could be changed directly to that species, instead of to the scampi page, if you so desire. (Also, in looking at the Scampi (disambiguation) page, it does describe the different species considered scampi, some of which are lobsters, and some of which are shrimp.) Cougroyalty (talk) 15:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah my mistake for using the wrong species. In that case it does seem the disambiguation page is the most fitting. Jamiehayn (talk) 18:39, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]