Original evidence / species identification
Japanese native species recognized by 2024 taxonomic field study, also recorded from mainland Kyushu.
Illustrated research / ancestry evidence
Other taxonomic treatments
Known as endemic to Iki Island in earlier taxonomy; 2024 institutional note documents new mainland occurrence.
Contradictions and unresolved claims
Species placement and distribution require specific sample vouchers; not a Pearl or White Snow trade line.
Ecological and breeder-pedigree limits
Do not infer legal collection rights from published locality.
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
- Shih, Cai, Niwa, Yoshigou & Nakahara (2024), integrative identification of Neocaridina in Kyushu and Honshu
Peer-reviewed original field specimens, morphology and COI. Eight species / provisional lineages detected locally, not aquarium commercial founder certificates
- National Institute of Genetics record for Fuke, Kunimatsu & Nakajima 2024 Kyushu populations
Japanese research institution summary of specimen-vouchered occurrences. Local distribution and COI haplotypes do not prove every wild-looking or aquarium colony's source locality