Classification and published species name
Caridina conghuensis — formally described 2014
Picture-style taxon evidence tree
Wild distribution context
Southern China / Guangdong
Diagnosis and study methods
2014 Klotz/von Rintelen paper described C. conghuensis alongside logemanni and mariae after examining wild specimens.
Taxonomic history and relationships
Recognized as a biological species based on taxonomy, not a newly formulated breeder-grade label.
Aquarium trade and false look-alikes
Commercial breed parentage and selection history not reported.
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
- Klotz & von Rintelen (2014), three ornamental-associated Caridina taxa
Peer-reviewed species descriptions; morphology and mtDNA field sampling
- 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