Identity and naming
Catalogue name: Snowball
Biological identification or trade attribution: Neocaridina species unresolved
Classification: Neocaridina
Evidence grade: Taxon attribution provisional
Appearance and differentiating traits
Whitish/translucent egg-carrying dwarf shrimp marketed as Snowball.
Color/grade depends on shell thickness, lighting, body tissue, age and stock; the listed trade phenotype is not an official diagnosis.
Genetics, breeding and lineage
Trade name may cover other Neocaridina taxa; require taxon and stock validation.
For a verified lineage, record maternal and paternal source, dated mating pairs, F1 and F2 phenotype distributions, outcrosses, culls, and independent photographs. Neither an assumed recessive allele nor an exact cross ratio is assigned without actual breeding data.
Care, propagation and risk
Match captive-bred adults to the supplier-colony water chemistry, not to a genus-wide recipe. Test conductivity, temperature, GH, KH and pH and maintain stable mature biofilm. The genus Caridina contains both soft-water Bee lines and distinct Sulawesi/diadromous taxa; they do not all use one protocol.
Quarantine imported or newly acquired colonies; do not release aquarium shrimp into natural waterways. Preserve line labels separately.
Authentication and look-alikes
Demand original breeder and locality records where historical claims are made; trade name, coloration, seller photograph and a competition class are not proof of species, allele or parentage.
Source ledger
These sources support the scientific identity, commercial naming, or contextual observations identified in their labels. They do not establish a genetic pedigree for this particular specimen or colony.