Macrobrachium ohione

Macrobrachium ohione
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species:
M. ohione
Binomial name
Macrobrachium ohione
(S. I. Smith, 1874)
Synonyms [2]
  • Palaemon ohionis Smith, 1874
  • Palaemon sallei Kingsley, 1883

Macrobrachium ohione, commonly known as the Ohio shrimp, Ohio river shrimp or Ohio river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found in rivers throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean drainage basins of North America. It is the best-known of all North American freshwater shrimp,[3] and is commonly used as bait for commercial fishing, especially catfish.[4]

  1. ^ De Grave, S.; Rogers, C. (2013). "Macrobrachium ohione". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198089A2511476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198089A2511476.en. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ De Grave, Sammy (2011). "Macrobrachium ohione (Smith, 1874)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "From the river to the sea and back again - amazing migrations of the river shrimp Macrobrachium ohione" (PDF). Lagniappe. 32 (3). Louisiana State University. March 1, 2008.
  4. ^ "From River to Sea and Back Again: Amphidromous migrations of the river shrimp Macrobrachium ohione". University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Retrieved April 16, 2010.