Original evidence / species identification
Morph C was compared with this taxon in the 2024 Chinese mitogenome paper, with A/B/C morphs from one drainage.
Illustrated research / ancestry evidence
Other taxonomic treatments
Yang et al. proposed wide species merger; their phylogeny and taxonomy are research hypotheses.
Contradictions and unresolved claims
Study tissue/genome markers don't establish Cherry/Sakura strain dominance in aquarium stocks.
Ecological and breeder-pedigree limits
A historical scientific name and morph treatment, not a defined color-line founder.
Recorded commercial founders
Not documented in cited field taxonomy
Published, counted named-color F1/F2 ratios
No controlled commercial color F1/F2 segregation table in cited source
Primary scientific and database references
- Yang, Cui, Li, Dong, Kang & Gan (2024), N. davidi–denticulata–heteropoda mitogenome proposal
Peer-reviewed mitogenomic taxonomy hypothesis. Proposal to synonymize under N. denticulata is contested by other taxonomists, and not an official universally resolved species consensus
- 2026 Neocaridina denticulata pigment gene expression and tissues
Peer-reviewed molecular gene expression. Different species naming in literature and measured expression are NOT confirmation of commercial single-locus dominant Cherry/OE color variants