Shrimp ID:

[REBridges]

Hey guys/gals:

I've never been able to ID this shrimp I've had in my tank since June of last year. I caught this fellow in Corpus along with some sargassum anglers. This shrimp was in some sargassum seaweed. It has thrived in my tank and never passes up a live guppy or ghost shrimp. It is brown in color, has a horn down its head, has eye spots near its tail and mid section, and also has a pair of claws. It has never distrubed anything in my tank. Can anbody help with what type of shrimp this is? I have never seen it anywhere else before.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e301/rebridges/shrimp1.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e301/rebridges/shrimp2.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e301/rebridges/shrimp3.jpg

[Paul28]

Sargassum Shrimp :)

[REBridges]

wow...i guess i didnt put 2 and 2 together...feel kind of stupid now. but its a cool shrimp!

[Paul28]

he is really cool :)

[REBridges]

suprised my ribbon eel has left him alone all this time too. but then again the 2.5 years ive had the eel he hasnt eaten any of my other livestock.

[Paul28]

nice you must keep him well fed

[ducati996]

this summer im gonna check out what i can catch out in they bay would be pretty cool to see a tank with nothing but corpus christi bay livestock in it

[REBridges]

that would be pretty cool!