Classification and published species name
Caridina bauhinia — formally described 2026
Picture-style taxon evidence tree
Wild distribution context
Hong Kong
Diagnosis and study methods
Original article diagnoses the cryptic species with rostrum, walking-leg and male-pleopod morphology, supported by mitochondrial COI and 16S phylogeny.
Taxonomic history and relationships
Published in February 2026 among three additional cryptic members of historically broad C. serrata complex.
Aquarium trade and false look-alikes
Specific hobby strain parents and captive-breeding availability not documented; avoid unwarranted collector demand.
Controlled breeding outcome counts
Not a controlled ornamental-breeding study
Molecular color gene evidence
No peer-reviewed commercial color locus assigned to this name by cited taxonomic sources
Conservation / handling caveat
Research identification of a wild species is not a commercial availability announcement. Avoid collecting, purchasing undocumented wild specimens or inferring permissive collecting regulations.
Claim-level original references
- Chow, Chan, Leung & Tsang (2026), three cryptic Hong Kong Caridina
Peer-reviewed original integrative taxonomy, COI and 16S mitochondrial sequences; includes three new species and a nonmonophyly finding
- Lingnan University author and DOI record for 2026 Zoological Studies article
University index confirms full names, date, affiliations and original DOI