Fresh Water Shrimp

Freshwater shrimp are any shrimp which live in

fresh water Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does incl ...

. This includes: *Any

Caridea The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many ...

(shrimp) which live in

, especially the family

Atyidae Atyidae is a family of shrimp, present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water. This is the only family in the superfamily Atyoidea. Genera and species The followi ...

*Species in the genus '' Macrobrachium'' :*''

Macrobrachium ohione ''Macrobrachium ohione'', commonly known as the Ohio shrimp, Ohio river shrimp or Ohio river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found in rivers throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean drainage basins of North America. It is the bes ...

'', the Ohio River shrimp :*''

Macrobrachium carcinus ''Macrobrachium carcinus'' is a species of fresh water shrimp known as the big claw river shrimp. It is native to streams, rivers and creeks from Florida to southern Brazil. It is the largest known species of Neotropical freshwater prawn, growin ...

'', sometimes called the American giant freshwater prawn :*''

Macrobrachium rosenbergii ''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific re ...

'', also known as the giant river prawn, giant freshwater prawn or cherabin *Any amphipod living in fresh water, especially: :*''

Gammarus pulex ''Gammarus pulex'' is a species of amphipod crustacean found in fresh water across much of Europe. It is a greyish animal, growing to long. Description Adult males of ''Gammarus pulex'' may reach a total length of , while females only grow to ...

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