Wild freshwater shrimp id?

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FrancisFloe

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Any experts there regarding freshwater shrimps, cuz I got like 14 of this guys and been searching photos but i cant identify them. Got them online for 2$. The seller just said wild/clear, they are smaller than my average neocaridina shrimps. They came from the Philippines, Luzon island. Pics not so clear cuz my camera is cheap, my bad

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They could just be a type of ghost shrimp, Palaemon species. They do have a bit more pigment than I’d expect though (but I have had some that had blues and reds in them).
They could also be young macrobrachium shrimp, not sure when they get the claws start to grow.
I’m thinking ghosts are most likely.
 
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They could just be a type of ghost shrimp, Palaemon species. They do have a bit more pigment than I’d expect though (but I have had some that had blues and reds in them).
They could also be young macrobrachium shrimp, not sure when they get the claws start to grow.
I’m thinking ghosts are most likely.
Thanks for the info! I researched a bit and freshwater Palaemon species are mostly found in North America. This one is probably either Macrobrachium sp., Caridina sp. or Neocaridina sp.
 
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