Oct 9, 2025
Scissor River Prawn Macrobrachium latidactylus
A river prawn from the Philippines.
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seen from Costa Rica
seen from China
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seen from China
seen from United States
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seen from Türkiye
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
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seen from Malaysia
seen from France
seen from Türkiye
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seen from France
seen from Singapore
seen from China
seen from Australia
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
#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.
A Long-armed shrimp (Macrobrachium digueti) in Darien, Panama
by Art
Dear internet, i humbly present: my awful bitch shrimp u.u
This is now a mark fan blog. We like him here. Here are many pictures of my boy
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