Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

Family Name Listing

Order: Decapoda, Family Alpheidae
Alpheid shrimps

Scientific NameSamoan NameCommon NamePhotoTSNPark StatusAbundanceResidencyNativity
Alpheopsis aequalis659856Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus acutofemoratusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus alcyoneProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus alpheopsidesProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus bradypusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus brevipes659905Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus bucephalus659906Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus clippertoniProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus clypeatus659907Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus collumianus 659909Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus coutiereiProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus crassimanussnapping shrimpProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus crockeri659910Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus deuteropuspetroglyph shrimp Alpheus deuteropus. petroglyph shrimp (burrows in lobe coral)Alpheus deuteropus. petroglyph shrimp (burrows in lobe coral)Alpheus deuteropus. petroglyph shrimp (burrows in lobe coral)659911Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus diadema659912Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus edamensisProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus ehlersiProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus frontalisProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus funafutensisProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus gracilipesdaisy snapping shrimp96648Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus gracilis659915Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus lanceostylus659919Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus lobidens brownbar snapping shrimp659922Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus malleodigitatusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus microstylusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus obesomanusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus ovalicepsProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus pachychirusProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus pacificus659925Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus paracritinus paracritinusorange-banded snapping shrimp96614Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus paragracilisProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus parvirostris659928Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus samoaProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus savuensisProbably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus strenuussnowflake snapping shrimp659937Probably PresentBreederNative
Alpheus sublucanuscoral snapping shrimp96659Probably PresentBreederNative
Athanas areteformisProbably PresentBreederNative
Athanas borradaileiProbably PresentBreederNative
Athanas djiboutensisProbably PresentBreederNative
Athanas indicusProbably PresentBreederNative
Athanas polynesiaProbably PresentBreederNative
Athanas rhothionastesProbably PresentBreederNative
Automate gardineri96683Probably PresentBreederNative
Metalpheus paragracilisProbably PresentBreederNative
Salmoneus tricristata96687Probably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus ancepsProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus coutiereiProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus laticepsProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus nilandensis oxycerosProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus paraneomerisProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus streptodactylusProbably PresentBreederNative
Synalpheus tumidomanusProbably PresentBreederNative

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