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The source for this information says "langostino" is the deminutive of "langosta", not "lagosto". From brief searches "lagosta" might be the word for "lobster" in Portuguese.
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'''''Langostino''''' is a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word with different meanings in different areas, most commonly applied to various types of [[crustacean]]. In the United States, it is commonly used in the restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the [[squat lobster]], which is neither a true [[lobster]] nor a [[prawn]]. Squat lobsters are more closely related to [[porcelain crab|porcelain]] and [[hermit crab]]s. [[Crustaceans]] labeled as langostino are no more than {{convert|3|in|cm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} long, and weigh no more than {{convert|7|oz|g|-1|abbr=on|order=flip}}.<ref name="Fish fraud"/> Langostinos are not [[langouste]]s (spiny lobsters) despite a similar name (in Spanish, lobster is called ''{{lang|es|langosta}}''). Also, langostinos are sometimes confused with [[Norway lobster|langoustines]] (Norway lobster).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/langostino-lobster-difference|title=Seafood FAQ: Langostino vs. Lobster: What's the difference? | SeafoodSource|website=www.seafoodsource.com|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref>
In the [[United States]], the [[Food and Drug Administration]] allows "langostino" to be used as a market name for three species of [[squat lobster]] in the family [[Galatheidae]]: ''[[Cervimunida johni]]'', ''[[Munida gregaria]]'', and ''[[Pleuroncodes monodon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~ear/seafood.html|title= FDA Fish List: Market Names of Fish and Shellfish|access-date= October 30, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123603/http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~ear/seafood.html|archive-date= September 29, 2007|url-status= dead}}</ref>
In [[Spain]] and Venezuela, it means some species of [[prawn]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Holthuis |first=L. B. |url=https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/11684/11684-001.pdf |title=Marine lobsters of the world |date=1991 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |series=FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125 |volume=13 |location=Rome |pages=3 |language=En}}</ref> In [[Cuba]] and other [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking [[Caribbean]] islands, the name langostino is also used to refer to [[crayfish|crawfish]]. In Argentina the name is used to refer to ''[[Pleoticus muelleri]]'', a kind of shrimp, while in Chile and Peru it refers to ''Pleuroncodes monodon''.
“Langostino” is the Spanish diminutive of spiny lobster (''lagosto''), which comes from the Latin for [[locust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of LANGOSTINO |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/langostino |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Merriam-Webster |language=en}}</ref>▼
▲“Langostino” is the Spanish diminutive of spiny lobster (''
== Restaurant labeling controversies ==
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Upon being contacted by the commission, Long John Silver's promptly terminated the television commercial campaigns, revised its website, and committed both to prominently placing the word "langostino" adjacent to the term "lobster" in all future advertising, and to revising its existing in-store materials accordingly within eight weeks, and on June 24, 2009, the commission wrote to the chain to inform them that they had no intention of taking further action at that time.<ref name=Engle2009/>
[[Rubio's|Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.]], settled a 2006 class-action lawsuit for selling "lobster burritos" and "lobster tacos" that were in fact made with squat lobster.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horsley |first=Scott |date=July 3, 2005 |title=Testing a 'Lobster Impostor' Charge |url=https://www.npr.org/2005/07/03/4728361/testing-a-lobster-impostor-charge |access-date=February 9, 2024 |work=NPR}}</ref> The company agreed to change the name to "langostino lobster".<ref name="Fish fraud">{{cite web |url=http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/files/pdf-global/07CSlangWC.pdf |title=Fish fraud: no matter what you call it, 'squat' isn't lobster |first=Catherine |last=Schmidt |date=2007 |work=Maine Sea Grant College Program |publisher=[[University of Maine]] |access-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Testing a 'Lobster Impostor' Charge | website=NPR | date=3 July 2005 | url=https://www.npr.org/2005/07/03/4728361/testing-a-lobster-impostor-charge | access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>
In February 2016, [[Red Lobster (restaurant)|Red Lobster]] was revealed to have been using a mix of lobster and less-expensive langostino for its lobster bisque.<ref>{{Cite web |
A 2016 study of American restaurants tested the “lobster” served and found that many were in fact langostino or seafood that were not spiny lobsters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perlman |first=Merrill |date=June 18, 2018 |title=Crawfish aren't actually fish. Here's how they got their name. |url=https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/crawfish-crayfish-crawdad.php |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref>
▲In February 2016, [[Red Lobster (restaurant)|Red Lobster]] was revealed to have been using a mix of lobster and less-expensive langostino for its lobster bisque.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delish.com/food-news/a45936/cheap-fish-lobster-subsitute/|title = What You Need to Know Before You Eat Lobster This Valentine's Day|date = 10 February 2016}}</ref>
==References==
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