Biological species and lake range
Caridina lanceolata — Malili / Matano, Mahalona and Towuti
Original pictured ecological and lineage evidence
Habitat / trophic ecogroup
Generalist across wood, rock and macrophytes
Identification and species history
2010 habitat study documents generalist rather than extreme habitat specialization.
Conservation and field evidence
Species occurs across lake system; no direct trade-color genetic linkage.
Captive-breeder authentication
Not 'parent of all specialists' merely because it is a generalist.
Published captive brood counts
No scored captive F1/F2 color segregation or exact parent IDs in these sources
Inherited commercial color traits
Wild-species phylogeny and habitat grouping only, no commercial color gene allele
Ethical conservation and species verification
Keep documented captive-bred stock with provenance and stable species-appropriate conditions; never release aquarium stock to natural waterways or interpret this record as authorization to collect, relocate, or purchase rare wild animals.
Original source ledger
- von Rintelen et al. 2010 ancient Malili adaptive radiation
Peer-reviewed mitochondrial phylogeny and substrate counts for 15 endemic taxa; 2010 lake-wide sample; two colonization events, one producing 14 taxa, without a validated chromosome-level or hobby mating tree
- von Rintelen & Cai 2009 systematic revision, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Original taxonomic revision of the ancient-lake Caridina and eight described species; This paper documents field taxa and anatomy; not commercial genetic pedigrees