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Ohio shrimp

Macrobrachium ohione (S. I. Smith, 1874)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The ohio shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione) is a species in the family Palaemonidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the ohio shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ohio shrimp live?

Not recorded

Is the ohio shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ohio shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPalaemonidae
  6. genusMacrobrachium
  7. SpeciesMacrobrachium ohione (S. I. Smith, 1874)

Synonyms Bithynis ohionis, Palaemon ohionis, Palaemon sallei

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Ohio river prawnEnglish
  • Ohio river shrimpEnglish
  • Camarón de OhioSpanish
  • Bouquet ohioFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ohio shrimp

Other species in the same genus Macrobrachium.

Blue lobster

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

PalaemonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ohio shrimp?

The ohio shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione) belongs to the family Palaemonidae in the order Decapoda.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ohio shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ohio-shrimp

MLA

“Ohio shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ohio-shrimp.

BibTeX
@misc{ohio_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Ohio shrimp (Macrobrachium ohione)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ohio-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}