Caridina nilotica

Caridina nilotica is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Africa from the River Nile in Egypt to Lake Sibaya, South Africa, and is the only species of shrimp in Lake Victoria.^[3]

Caridina nilotica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Caridina
Species:	C. nilotica
Binomial name
Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) [2]
Synonyms [2]
Pelias niloticus P. Roux, 1833