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Baby Fish Are 'Fry' ........ Baby Goats Are 'Kids'......
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:54 pm
by fishguy_1955
Are newborn shrimp that do not go through a larval stage in the tank - such as my RCS - actually 'Shrimplets' ??
Even though I use this term and think it is kinda neat, I'm just wondering if there is some other more widely accepted term out there for our shrimplets.
Paul P.
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:56 pm
by The Fisherman
Hmmm, i've never really thought about that before. I'm eager to find out
I know that larvae are called "Tail hangers", but I don't know about the young shrimp.
-John
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:15 pm
by badflash
Both shrimplet and tail hanger are just slang. I think a proper term for shrimplet would be "hatchling", and later on "juvenile".
Tail Hargers are larvae. Often they are called zoes, but I don't know where that term comes from. I like tail hanger though, as it so perfectly describes most of these larvae.
RE: Possible Source Of The Term Zoe
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:29 pm
by fishguy_1955
Maybe it is shorthand/slang for 'zoo plankton' - the following definition of which I found online:
Zooplankton are tiny animals that drift around at the mercy of the currents. They are primary consumers, meaning that they eat primary producers. All sorts of animals make up zooplankton, from the larvae of large fish and invertebrates, to fully grown worms and crustaceans
Paul P.
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:26 pm
by TKD
Ok, but what is a group of shrimp called?
A heard???
TKD
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:32 pm
by badflash
TKD wrote:Ok, but what is a group of shrimp called?
A heard???
TKD
A scampi
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:51 pm
by The Fisherman
badflash wrote:TKD wrote:Ok, but what is a group of shrimp called?
A heard???
TKD
A scampi
Awsome.
I was thinking more like "Colony".
-John
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:51 pm
by wendyjo
LOL!
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:41 pm
by FISH WORLD ERIE
I have always called them babies. But I would like to know the proper name also.
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:58 pm
by Mustafa
Hatchling, young, juveniles. For shrimp that have larval stages, the first benthic stage that actually resembles the adult (equivalent to a hatchling in other shrimp) is called a postlarva (plural: postlarvae).
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:51 pm
by TKD
TKD wrote:
Ok, but what is a group of shrimp called?
A heard???
TKD
A scampi
Ok... never would have guessed that.
TKD
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:03 pm
by ToddnBecka
Are baby fish are called "fry" because that's the best way to cook them?
Does a malfunctioning aquarium heater produce bouillabaisse?
Or for something REALLY offensive to the sensibilities of invert fans:
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/2 ... 7435.shtml 
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:25 pm
by blinster
I consider them as my babies...cuz that's the closest thing I'm ever going to get to conceiving a newborn life...
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:31 am
by Neonshrimp
badflash wrote:TKD wrote:Ok, but what is a group of shrimp called?
A heard???
TKD
A scampi
Did you make that up
?
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:37 am
by Neonshrimp
blinster wrote:I consider them as my babies...cuz that's the closest thing I'm ever going to get to conceiving a newborn life...
That is heartfelt
, It shows us how much you care about your shrimp. I used to call them shrimplets but now they are baby shrimp
!