#macrobrachium

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Scissor River Prawn Macrobrachium latidactylus

A river prawn from the Philippines.

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Photos terrible but here are the two little guys we caught yesterday

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Giant River Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda, Gujarat, India

A large freshwater prawn, can reach over 30 cm (1 ft) in length

The coloration of the male’s two longest claws is determined by dominance, a small, low ranking young male will have translucent claws, a “middle” male will have orange claws, and a large, older, highly ranked male will have blue claws

Larvae live in brackish water (a mix of salt and freshwater), but move to freshwater as juveniles

A common source of food

Native to South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia, has been introduced to the Americas, parts of Africa, China, Japan, and New Zealand by aquaculture

Photo by Riya Joshi

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#2818 - Macrobrachium lar - Tahitian Prawn

AKA Giant Jungle Prawn, Camaron or the Monkey river prawn. Wikipedia and the WoRMS database have it also described as Cancer teatae Curtiss, 1938, which seems a bit unlikely, since Cancer had stopped being the default genus for crustaceans 150 years earlier. Originally described as Palaemon lar by Fabricius, in 1798, but synonyms include Leander dionyx, Macrobrachium ornatus and a whole bunch of other Palaemon.

A very large omnivorous freshwater prawn, with a total length exceeding 18cm, found in rivers and creeks near sea level, from East Africa through to the Marquesas Islands. The larvae hatch and develop at sea then return to freshwater.

Introduced to some of the Hawaiian Islands for food, and spread by themselves to the others.

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Aotearoa NZ.

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A Long-armed shrimp (Macrobrachium digueti) in Darien, Panama

by Art

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Dear internet, i humbly present: my awful bitch shrimp u.u

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This is now a mark fan blog. We like him here. Here are many pictures of my boy

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A few days ago I realised the cycle had fully finished in her new tank, so looky!!!

Miss Prawline has settled into her new tank and loves her Betta leaf. I often find her just chilling on it