Biological species and lake range
Caridina poso — Lake Poso
Original pictured ecological and lineage evidence
Habitat / trophic ecogroup
Nearshore stone/rubble packs
Identification and species history
2021 Klotz/Wowor/von Rintelen described this species with black-and-white uropod marks and unique epipod/pereiopod diagnostic structures.
Conservation and field evidence
Original description reports few large eggs (5 and 9 in two gravid females); egg counts are NOT captive breeding yields.
Captive-breeder authentication
Scientific endemic taxon, no breeder founder record.
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
- Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen 2021 Lake Poso five new species original study
Original diagnoses of five species, ecological substrate observations and comparative morphology; 2021 taxonomy, not claims that these wild species were created by aquarium breeders