[Sirish]

I just added this lobster into my planted tank. He seems quite happy and runs about in the foreground. The seller called it a "Chocolate Lobster". I am not able to find any scientific name for this on the internet. Can someone help me please?

 

[Qwe]

From that extremely blurry picture, it looks more like a prawn to me...

 

[Sirish]

Thank you. It does look a lot like your picture, only more opaque in nature. This guy darts across the tank pretty quick, as fast as a tetra and very light on his feet. Is that how prawns behave too?

 

[Qwe]

I'm not sure, never had one... just found that picture on Google.

 

[MSG]

Good luck finding an actual scientific name for this. It's in the macrobrachium family & most likely caught from a wild river/pond somewhere in your country since similar colored shrimps are found in South America and other parts of Asia.

Mustafa has compiled the most info on a shrimp like this.
http://www.petshrimp.com/rustymacrobrachium.php

How much did you end up paying for that one?

Here's a few more links to look at.
http://forum.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php/1132-Macrobrachium-sp
http://forum.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php/2597-breeding-macrobrachium-sp
http://excursions.aquariophil.org/html/01_brazil_2008_sp_01.html

 

[Sirish]

Hi MSG,

Thanks for your reply. The links are most useful. To answer your question, they are not really expensive : I paid INR 300.00 for a pair, which roughly translates to US$ 5.00 for the pair.