''Caridina thambipillai'' is a species of freshwater

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

in the family

Atyidae Atyidae is a family of shrimp, present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water. This is the only family in the superfamily Atyoidea. Genera and species The follow ...

. It is native to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, where it occurs in streams.De Grave, S., Klotz, W. & Cai, X. 2013
''Caridina thambipillai''.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 14 June 2016. It is a common crustacean of the freshwater aquarium trade, where it is known as the Sunkist shrimp.Denaro, M. and R. O'Leary. ''The 101 Best Freshwater Nano Species''. Adventurous Aquarist Guide Series. TFH Publications. 2014

''Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine''. This species is usually brightly colored, but brown specimens are known. It is omnivorous. Little is known about the status of the species in the wild. It is not considered to be threatened, but it is sometimes harvested from the wild for sale in the pet trade.

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* Atyidae Freshwater crustaceans of Asia Crustaceans described in 1961 {{Caridea-stub