List of known Shrimp for Planted Tank

[subzero]

Most pics below and information are extracted from www.aquajapan.com
Let me know if i've miss out any shrimp

Caridina
1) Caridina japonica ("Takashi Amano Shrimp", "Yamato Shrimp")


2) Caridina japonica ("Tropical Shrimp")


3) Caridina leucosticta ("Camel shrimp")


4) Caridina serratirostris


5) Caridina sp. ("Skunk/Malayan Shrimp (?) ")


Neocaridina
1) Neocaridina denticulata ("Green Neon Shrimp")


2) Neocaridina serrata (?) ("Bee shrimp", "Bumble Bee Shrimp", "Crystal Red Shrimp")


3) Neocaridina sp. ("Blue Shrimp", "China Blue Shrimp")


4) Neocaridina sp. ("Honey Shrimp")


5)Neocaridina spp. ("New Bee Shrimp", "Bee Shrimp")

N.sp1

N.sp2


6) Neocaridina sp. ("Red Tail Shrimp (?) ")


7) Neocaridina sp. ("Tiger Shrimp (?)")


8) Neocaridina sp. ("Tropical Shrimp(?)")


Paraty
1) Paratya compressa improvisa.


2) Paratya compressa compressa


Atyopsis

1) Atyopsis spinipes


2) Atyoida sp. (?) ("African Rock Shrimp")


3) Atyopsis moluccensis ("Wood Shrimp", "Singapore Shrimp")


4) Atyopsis gabonensis(Cameroon Armoured Shrimp)

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[subzero]

Oops terribly sorry, moderator can you move this thread to Freshwater Fishes and Critters

Not sure why i cannot get the Palaemon_scarletti to display correctly, i'll try it here.

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Not forgetting our favourite
Neocaridina.sp. 'Cherry'


Neocaridina.sp. 'Taiwan'

[hwchoy]

I thought the Singapore/Wood shrimp is Atyopsis moluccensis? also the skunk shrimp is the malayan shrimp.

[fishchemist]

Thanks subzero for sharing. Very interesting.

Regarding Atyoida sp. (?) ("Wood Shrimp", "Singapore Shrimp") is more commonly known as Mountain shrimp in LFS.

I had tried several times to rear these shrimps but not sucessful. Any input regarding the optimum conditions for this shrimp.

Cheers

[hwchoy]

confirmed with an ichthyologist (Ng HH previously from NUS) that the common Singapore/Wood shrimp (pic 3) is Atyopsys moluccensis so pic 4 is wrong.

also here is what he had to say in general about shrimp ID:

[quote:4ffa80ed02="Ng HH"]It's a lot more difficult identifying shrimps accurately from photos.
You need to examine them under a microscope, especially for Caridina. I know people in NUS working on shrimps, but I doubt if eventhey can accurately identify Caridina to the species level from a photo. The giant wood shrimp is Atyopsis moluccensis, so that is one name out of the way.[/quote:4ffa80ed02]

[subzero]

My mistake to copy without checking, i've made the change

[hwchoy]

kingfisher, the name Palaemon scarletti is referring to the next picture which is not showing.

[chua]

So many different types.

I only saw some of the types. Some are not even found in LFS.

Thks for sharing.