Shrimp

[BCOrchidGuy]

Common names are bad enough but I foung especially with African Cichlids, the latin names were being changed as often as the experts were changing their underwear.... I have cleaner (skunks) and peppermint shrimp, they all breed often, but the peppermints seem to have less trouble growing, I've not yet raised any to adult hood but I am going to try.

[Van down by the river]

Samw is correct any two are a pair. makes being a matchmaker easy huh?

What's the difference?
Distribution.
Lysmata grabhami - with solid lines on the tail is the Atlantic species

Lysmata amboinensis- has white patches on the tail and is Indo Pacific to Red sea.
Chances are more of you have L.amboinensis as a larger portion of shipments are Indo Pacific than Caribean.

As far as the Peppermint shrimp goes I found 6 very similiar species that all could be labeled as Peppermint shrimps.

[BC_Grl]

Wow...6 species that can be ID'd as peppermint? Holy cow.

Thanks so much for your help.

[Van down by the river]

They are not all called Peppermint but are very similiar in appearance and could easily be mis identified.