Classification and published species name
Caridina trifasciata — formally described 2003
Picture-style taxon evidence tree
Wild distribution context
Hong Kong
Diagnosis and study methods
The 2014 revision reported new regional locality records, and the 2026 discussion lists it among the seven formerly recorded landlocked Hong Kong Caridina.
Taxonomic history and relationships
Member of historical C. serrata-complex comparisons; detailed anatomy needed to distinguish from the 2026 cryptic species.
Aquarium trade and false look-alikes
No published evidence this species is a commercial Zebra Pinto or patterned Taiwan Bee founder.
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