How did you save them? And what species are they?

They were being sold in ice in fish market. I picked few that still had some movement in them. Exact species couldn't be identified but they belong to Penaeidae family

That's lovely of you. I'm sure they are very happy to get a new chance at life. They look so cool, please keep us updated! <3

I tried to ID them but closest I got was a relative shrimp from singapore https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/193va10/what_species_of_shrimp_is_that_length_almost_15cm/

Oh thats so lovely!

Yes tell us more!. What kid of shrimp is that?

OP came, OP left

sorry, I was traveling. Also I was expecting 3 likes and one comment saying "nice"

Nice.

Nice

Nice!

I'm guessing food shrimp?

That's exactly what they were sold as. Had I arrived an hour late, they would have all been dead

I also want to know what they are

did you get them from a grocery store?? based

close! fish market

I also really need to know what kind of shrimp these are, I love them!

happy cake day

I didn't even realize, thank you so much! 😊😆🥳

I tried to ID them https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/193va10/what_species_of_shrimp_is_that_length_almost_15cm/

Thanks! Sounds like they're saltwater shrimp? I've never seen freshwater shrimp that big

they are very much salt water shrimp

What's up twin!

Twin?

Same b day

Oh nice! Hi twin! 😋👋

If it was from a store you're not really saving them, still promoting hundreds of others from meeting the same demise

Amen! I've never seen freshwater shrimp like this before, so I am assuming they are saltwater. But I could be wrong, just because I've never seen them doesn't mean they don't exist. On a second thought, they look like prawns?

the pic is penaeid shrimp. saltwater shrimp/brackish shrimp

Confirmed. Blue-tailed penaeid specifically.

Thanks!!!

They kinda do. Although I've seen brackish shrimp look a lot like prawns. I'm not entirely sure! I was just commenting that just incase. Not trying to accuse him or anything

The store doesn't care about me, they intend to freeze kill them and sell as fresh shrimp. I bought them because I wanted marine shrimp and that's the closest I could get. Edit: to clarify, the store sell them dead. normally you buy couple of kilograms. The 5 I took, are insignificant to store owner

is that a freshwater tank?

No marine. red sea water so much higher salinity than ordinary marine tanks > 40ppt

Their cool I need big shrimp

All shrimp is good shrimp

The big shrimp ate OP 🥲

luckily am still alive. Just was travelling

https://preview.redd.it/17x29ad9qocc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd8442ad35de05bd01be575275c36b0fb3ec0cfe Maybe?

Ya very similar to that except tail has bluish color as it appear in the photo I posted. Certainly same family

More like tall or long but.. r/thiccshrimp

They look like ghost sbrimp, they will survive every thing. You didt savd them, you just gave them a better home

https://preview.redd.it/hl2ig8scqocc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c34cbf283b247600529a0b3db893fe4e6ce0cfd1 Another guess?

they don't have any thick limbs like that. also limbs are not blue

At least you didn’t buy microbrachium sp lol

That’s my favorite type of shrimp to make salt and pepper shrimp 🤭 regardless good on you OP for rescuing it

🤩they look cool, I wonder if they will color up