Researcher identity and publication region
Yixiong Cai — Singapore
Documented scientific contribution
Co-lead 2024 Japanese Neocaridina integrative study and lead author of 2025 reply to Fuke.
Uncertainty and what is NOT established
Species interpretation is contested; not a commercial color-founding pedigree.
Sources
- 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
- Cai & Shih (2025) reply to Fuke, clarifying competing taxonomic interpretations
Peer-reviewed published response, Dec 3 2025. Authors defend distinct N. davidi and N. denticulata using integrated taxonomy; the published exchange documents unresolved disagreement