Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

Family Name Listing

Order: Decapoda, Family Palaemonidae
Caridean shrimps

Scientific NameSamoan NameCommon NamePhotoTSNPark StatusAbundanceResidencyNativity
Macrobrachium australekoua river prawn96248Present in parkCommonBreederNative
Macrobrachium hirtimanus612689Present in parkOccasionalBreederNative
Macrobrachium larmonkey river shrimp 96308Present in parkCommonBreederNative
Macrobrachium latimanusmountain river prawn96315Present in parkCommonBreederNative
Periclimenes soror sea star shrimpProbably present CommonBreederNative

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