Need help with Shrimp ID

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I was just curious to see if any one knew what type of shrimp this is in the photo, since these are the types of feeder shrimp that gets sold in HK as live feeders... the only problem is i have no idea what they are actually called, so if any one has a common / scientific name please let me know...

Not sure if it makes a difference, but just thought i would also mention it has some pretty long claws in the front as you can see in the pic...

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I don't think any of the Caribbean Macrobrachium (and very few American species at all apart from M. amazonicum and some reddish Peruvian Macrobrachium a few years back) have entered the aquarium trade.

It is definitely some kind of Macrobrachium and could perhaps be M. nipponense, but I'm not sure.
 
Thanks so far for the info, and maybe i should have added a bit more info...

obviously f/w, normally sold at around an inch long, but sometimes you get larger ones at around 2 inches long (such as the one pictured) which are more or less the largest i've seen so far...
 
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