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Tiger shrimp
Natural variantCommon in the tradeBeginner to keep

Red Tiger / Red-eye Tiger

A variant of Tiger shrimp (Caridina mariae)

Red Tiger / Red-eye Tiger

Representative Tiger shrimpphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.

The wild-type tiger pattern: translucent body with dark stripes and red eyes; the original form all selective lines descend from.

Keeper tips for this variant

Hardiest of the tigers and the standard 'first Caridina' — keep them separate from orange-eye lines if you want to preserve OET stock, as crossing dilutes the orange eye.

This page covers the Red Tiger / Red-eye Tiger variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Tiger shrimp

Other Freshwater shrimp variants

Super Tiger (Caridina cantonensis 'Super Tiger')Galaxy Tiger / Fishbone TigerOrange-Eye Blue Tiger (OEBT)