7 photos - 4 species


Alpheus bellulus

Pretty snapping shrimp or Tiger snapping shrimp

Maximum length: 3.5 cm

Beige body with dark green bands and 2 light-coloured transverse bands.

Close to the reef in a sandy tube,

in symbiosis with various partner gobies such as

Steinitz' Partner Goby, Black Partner Goby.

Bangka island Nord Sulawesi


Alpheus rapax

Raptor snapping shrimp

 Maximum length: 4 cm

Grey or white body with dark olive bulge.

Inhabits burrows in coarse sand, near coral reefs.

Lives in symbiosis with gobies, mostly Cryptocentrus.

Hurghada Egypt


Alpheus rubromaculatus

Red spotted snapping shrimp

Maximum length: 3.5 cm

Its body is cream-coloured and has red spots.

Lives in the sand in burrows with various partner shrimps.

Hurghada Egypt


Alpheus sp.

no english designation

Maximum size: ?

Maximum depth: ?

An undescribed animal, therefore no data

Bangka island North Sulawesi