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Ok thanks a lot.

Mustafa wrote:It's none of those. I already said what it is. It's a shrimp belonging to the Caridina serrata group from southern China. There is no doubt about that.

Ed's links show an Indian shrimp (tentatively assigned to the C. babaulti species group) and C. serratirostris.

Mustafa

No, both of these are Japanese shrimp. The page I linked the pictures from is not properly labeled but I was informed by a reliable source that they are indeed both endemic to Japan's Southern Islands. The first photo is of a zebra shrimp, the second of a hime numa/tiger/ninja shrimp.

edinjapan wrote: No, both of these are Japanese shrimp. The page I linked the pictures from is not properly labeled but I was informed by a reliable source that they are indeed both endemic to Japan's Southern Islands. The first photo is of a zebra shrimp, the second of a hime numa/tiger/ninja shrimp.

Ed,

Your "reliable" source has it wrong.

Trust me on that one. That "zebra shrimp" is imported from India. It occurs nowhere near Japan. You'll find that information even on japanese websites if you search enough for it. That shrimp is most definitely not native to Japan. I can guarantee you that in writing. I even know the guy who catches these shrimp near Calcutta in India. It even comes in sometimes with shipments of green shrimp from Calcutta as "contaminants." LOL

This just shows that a lot of self appointed "experts" don't know what they are talking about. Sorry, about the harsh words about your source, but it irks me when utterly, and such obviously, wrong information is disseminated as "reliable" information. This is one of the major reasons I put up this website. There are just too many so called "reliable" sources out there with too much misinformation to spread. There is no excuse for not doing the required research *or* just admitting that "i don't know for sure" instead of affirmatively spreading nonsense.

By the way, even Caridina serratirostris is spread all over the indo-pacific area...not just in Japan.

Also..here is a link to German website which will also tell you it's from India in concurrence with what I just told you before:

http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=119


Take care,
Mustafa

Mustafa wrote:By the way, even Caridina serratirostris is spread all over the indo-pacific area...not just in Japan.

Subspecies or an entirely different species? Not much work has been done on shrimp-unless it was as an ingredient for some Cajun Cookin';-)

Both C. serratirostris serratirostris and various subspecies occur outside Japan.

As to the Cajuns...they might not know all that much about shrimp after all since they love crawfish (crayfish) more than any other decapod crustacean in their cooking. So, they are more like dead crayfish experts.

Mustafa

Mustafa wrote:Both C. serratirostris serratirostris and various subspecies occur outside Japan.

As to the Cajuns...they might not know all that much about shrimp after all since they love crawfish (crayfish) more than any other decapod crustacean in their cooking. So, they are more like dead crayfish experts.

Mustafa

I think you forgot about shrimp gumbo, jambalaya, shrimp with red beans...

Gotta go! Between this menu for an Indian restaurant I'm designing and this conversation I'M GETTING HUNGRY!!!!!!

edinjapan wrote:

edinjapan wrote:

rclover wrote:It has eggs, but I don't know what to expect, it was not mislabeled at all the retailer was very honest in saying that he doesn't know whta the shrimp is, I don't too.

Then are these shrimp as listed on this page?

http://www.rva.ne.jp/shrimp/neocari_sp_zeblla.htm

Or these ones as on this page?

http://www.rva.ne.jp/shrimp/ap_sp_breitbinden.htm

aren't these the so-called 'ninja shrimp' instead?
looks different from what rclover having

Mustafa wrote:I think "rclover" means "Rec Cherry Shrimp" although he writes "CRS."

And once again for eveyone:

CRS: Crystal Red Shrimp

RCS: Red Cherry Shrimp

It's really not that hard...LOL

Mustafa
PS: Having said that...Red Cherries can be different shades and intensities of red, but I have never seen a truly orange one.

CRS:


RCS:

blenny wrote:...

blenny,

That 2nd pic has to be of the sickest RCS I have ever seen. Either that or it's from feral stock.