Identify this shrimp please!

[cavnoe]

Hi,

I am interested in buying a shrimp I saw on ebay and aquabid but the seller doesn't know what kind of shrimp it is.

I am including the picture of the shrimp. It is supposed to be a freshwater species.

 

[jcolon]

Looks like ghost shrimp ... See the link below.

Petshrimp.com -- All about shrimp

 

[jetajockey]

Its some sort of macro shrimp, I've had some red claw macros that look similar.

 

[jcolon]

Yep .. Could be a red claw ... As juveniles they do resemble ghost shrimp.

Petshrimp.com -- All about shrimp

 

[cavnoe]

I will look up the red claw but this guy says that this is a photo of an adult. I can't find any other shrimp that look like this one in the photo.

 

[cavnoe]

Here is a description from the auction:

This prawn grows to 2-3 inches. The juvenile prawns look similar to a grass shrimp however, upon closer inspection, the back of the prawn has stripes like a tiger shrimp and the tail has red dots on each fin & the antennae & claws are red, white & blue when mature. These features become much more pronounced when adults. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!, especially when the prawns mature into beautiful living gems. They are a beautiful clean-up crew, chowing hungrily on leftover flake and anything edible that sinks to the bottom. This prawn seems to get along well in a community tank. This prawn produces larval fry, and lots of them, regardless of salinity. Have a green water culture ready as i may send a berried female.