Weird shrimp. Photos!!

**Aeonflame** · 09-06-2009, 02:04 AM

A shrimp I caught. Anyone have an ID on this thing?

**lahlumdi** · 09-06-2009, 02:11 AM

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Nice color.

**Hailey** · 09-06-2009, 02:16 AM

Sorry, I have no idea, but wow, you get to catch a lot of free aquarium stock!

**Aeonflame** · 09-06-2009, 02:19 AM

lol.. yeah, but I dont exactly have the option of buying cool fish since all the LFS here suck.

**pinchyboy** · 09-06-2009, 02:22 AM

wow thats a really cool shrimp if i were to guess what it was i would say its more of a crayfish then a shrimp

**DrNic** · 09-06-2009, 03:30 AM

I don't have an ID, sorry. But it's a great looking shrimp!!

What kind of water did it come out of? Lake/River?

**gonathan85** · 09-06-2009, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by pinchyboy

wow thats a really cool shrimp if i were to guess what it was i would say its more of a crayfish then a shrimp

ditto. looks like a crawdad.

**Hailey** · 09-06-2009, 04:01 AM

How big is it? Looks pretty big in the pics...

**Aeonflame** · 09-06-2009, 10:17 AM

well, I originally thought it was a crayfish, but the guys in the invert forum said shrimp. That was a distant photo though, and I just moved him to the tank from my pond, so i took better ones.

The thing is, it displays shrimplike behaviour, it actually swims around, it doesnt go after the fish, and the antennae are not like a crayfish's.

This was caught in a river. It's about 2.5 inches long

**jaysee** · 09-06-2009, 04:15 PM

Shrimp have claws too. Can it swim? I think it's a shrimp based on the shape of the tail. Crayfish's tails are straight, where MOST shrimp have an angle. Also, crayfish have one set of long antannae and shrimp have 2 sets. Lastly, most shrimp antannae are well longer than their bodies and a crayfish's aren't.