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23 Neocaridina and 29 Caridina entries. Some are biological species; most are commercial line or grading labels. Color resemblance does not determine parentage.
Wild-type Neocaridina davidi
Neocaridina davidi — Mottled or translucent brown/grey populations vary by stock and habitat.
Red Cherry
Neocaridina davidi — Red pigment over a partially translucent body.
Red Sakura
Neocaridina davidi — More continuous red exoskeleton coverage than low-grade Cherry lines.
Fire Red
Neocaridina davidi — High red coverage; grading conventions vary among breeders.
Painted Fire Red
Neocaridina davidi — Dense opaque red coloration over most of the shell.
Bloody Mary
Neocaridina davidi — Deep red appearance that may include red tissue effects and thin shell.
Red Rili
Neocaridina davidi — Red front/rear patches with more transparent midsection.
Blue Rili
Neocaridina davidi — Rili distribution with internal blue cast and red or dark patches.
Blue Jelly
Neocaridina davidi — Pale translucent blue with minimal dark exoskeletal coverage.
Blue Velvet
Neocaridina davidi — Medium translucent blue; commercial boundary varies by seller.
Blue Dream
Neocaridina davidi — Deep opaque or translucent blue with variable coverage.
Blue Diamond
Neocaridina davidi — Very dark cobalt or almost navy blue.
Blue Topaz
Neocaridina davidi — Bright blue presentation, often marketed as a separate selection.
Chocolate
Neocaridina davidi — Dark brown, cocoa or chocolate colored body.
Black Rose
Neocaridina davidi — Near-solid black coverage with dark body pigmentation.
Carbon Rili
Neocaridina davidi — Dark sections contrasted with translucent areas and possible blue interior.
Yellow Sakura
Neocaridina davidi — Opaque to translucent yellow exoskeleton.
Yellow Goldenback
Neocaridina davidi — Yellow body with a brighter dorsal racing stripe.
Orange Sakura
Neocaridina davidi — Solid or near-solid orange coverage.
Orange Rili
Neocaridina davidi — Orange front/rear patches and translucent center.
Green Jade
Neocaridina davidi — Green body ranging from olive to emerald, color strongly context-dependent.
Snowball
Neocaridina species unresolved — Whitish/translucent egg-carrying dwarf shrimp marketed as Snowball.
White Pearl
Neocaridina species unresolved — Milky transparent-white commercial dwarf-shrimp phenotype.
Wild Bee
Caridina logemanni — Black/white or dark-banded wild bee shrimp from southern China/Hong Kong.
Crystal Black
Caridina logemanni (trade attribution) — Black and white bands with contrasting shell pigmentation.
Crystal Red
Caridina logemanni (trade attribution) — Red and white bee pattern; commercially selected red variant.
Pure Red Line PRL
Caridina logemanni (trade attribution) — Red and white bee stock managed for line purity.
Pure Black Line PBL
Caridina logemanni (trade attribution) — Black/white Bee stock managed to exclude known red-line inputs.
Super Crystal Red
Caridina logemanni (trade attribution) — Large continuous red body zones with white face or tail tips.
Snow White Bee
Caridina logemanni complex (trade attribution) — White-dominant bee phenotype with minimal visible dark/red pattern.
Golden Bee
Caridina logemanni complex (trade attribution) — Creamy white or golden translucent bee phenotype.
Wild Tiger
Caridina mariae — Tiger bars and transparent-to-brown body; wild geographical variation.
Tangerine Tiger
Caridina mariae complex (trade attribution) — Orange/tangerine body with striped Tiger-type bands.
Blue Tiger
Caridina mariae complex (trade attribution) — Blue interior or tissue hue with tiger stripes.
Orange Eye Blue Tiger
Caridina mariae complex (trade attribution) — Blue tiger body with conspicuous orange eyes.
Black Tiger
Caridina mariae complex (trade attribution) — Very dark body over tiger-type banding.
Taiwan Bee Black King Kong
Caridina sp. ornamental complex — Very deep black with reduced contrasting white zones.
Taiwan Bee Panda
Caridina sp. ornamental complex — Alternating black and white Taiwan Bee-type zones.
Taiwan Bee Wine Red
Caridina sp. ornamental complex — Burgundy to dark red Taiwan Bee coloration.
Taiwan Bee Red Ruby
Caridina sp. ornamental complex — Extensive deep red shell with less white coverage.
Taiwan Bee Blue Bolt
Caridina sp. ornamental complex — Blue-tinted white or pale body with Taiwan Bee background.
Tibee
Caridina sp. ornamental inter-line cross — Bee/Tiger traits potentially co-occur in offspring.
TaiTibee
Caridina sp. ornamental inter-line cross — Selected descendant of Bee/Tiger and Taiwan Bee projects.
Pinto
Caridina sp. designer complex — Complex spotted, striped or mosaic white/dark patterns.
Galaxy
Caridina sp. designer complex — Star-like spotting and contrast atop dark/colored body.
Fishbone
Caridina sp. designer complex — Continuous dorsal line and branching/rib-like pattern.
Boa
Caridina sp. designer complex — Dense layered spot, stripe or web-like pattern; grading inconsistent.
Cardinal Shrimp
Caridina dennerli — Sulawesi Lake Matano endemic with conspicuous contrasting white appendages.
Amano Shrimp
Caridina multidentata — Transparent to grey body with rows of dots/dashes; algae grazer.
Pinocchio Shrimp
Caridina gracilirostris — Long red-tinted rostrum and elongated slender shape.
Caridina conghuensis
Caridina conghuensis — Chinese serrata-group atyid described from field material.
Caridina kuehnei
Caridina kuehnei — Recently distinguished southern Thailand freshwater shrimp species.