genus
Alpheus
Alpheus is a genus in the family Alpheidae. This database currently files 351 species under it, recorded across 1 country.
- Species filed
- 351
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 1
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Alpheus
Ranked by popularity score.
Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus heterochaelis
Tiger pistol shrimp
Alpheus bellulus
Candy cane shrimp
Alpheus randalli
Brown pistol shrimp
Alpheus armatus
Teppo snapping shrimp
Alpheus brevicristatus
Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus digitalis
Snapping prawn
Alpheus macrocheles
Rock snapping shrimp
Alpheus angulosus
Where is Alpheus found?
Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4+
The 200 best-known species in Alpheus
Of 351 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigclaw snapping shrimp | Alpheus heterochaelis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tiger pistol shrimp | Alpheus bellulus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Candy cane shrimp | Alpheus randalli | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Brown pistol shrimp | Alpheus armatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Teppo snapping shrimp | Alpheus brevicristatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Forceps snapping shrimp | Alpheus digitalis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Snapping prawn | Alpheus macrocheles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rock snapping shrimp | Alpheus angulosus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Flathead snapping shrimp | Alpheus bisincisus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Petroglyph shrimp | Alpheus deuteropus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pistol shrimp | Alpheus glaber | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Coral snapping shrimp | Alpheus lottini | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bluntclaw snapping shrimp | Alpheus amblyonyx | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Banded pistol shrimp | Alpheus armillatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bahaman snapping shrimp | Alpheus bahamensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Olive snapping shrimp | Alpheus bellimanus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Twistclaw pistol shrimp | Alpheus clamator | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sand snapping shrimp | Alpheus floridanus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blueleg snapping shrimp | Alpheus formosus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Daisy snapping shrimp | Alpheus gracilipes | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Armed snapping shrimp | Alpheus hoplocheles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Japanese snapping shrimp | Alpheus japonicus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hammerclaw snapping shrimp | Alpheus malleator | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Green snapping shrimp | Alpheus normanni | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nutting's snapping shrimp | Alpheus nuttingi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Smoothclaw snapping shrimp | Alpheus paracrinitus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Green-banded snapping shrimp | Alpheus parvirostris | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orangetail snapping shrimp | Alpheus peasei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Marbled snapping shrimp | Alpheus rapax | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bristle snapping shrimp | Alpheus spongiarum | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mudflat snapping shrimp | Alpheus californiensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dotted pistol shrimp | Alpheus cristulifrons | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cylindrical snapping shrimp | Alpheus cylindricus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Estuarine snapping shrimp | Alpheus estuariensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nymph snapping shrimp | Alpheus euphrosyne | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Brownbar snapping shrimp | Alpheus lobidens | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| New Zealand snapping shrimp | Alpheus novaezealandiae | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Queensland snapping shrimp | Alpheus stephensoni | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Snowflake snapping shrimp | Alpheus strenuus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Narrow snapping shrimp | Alpheus astrinx | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Galápagos snapping shrimp | Alpheus galapagensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Social snapping shrimp | Alpheus parasocialis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Richardson's snapping shrimp | Alpheus richardsoni | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Spot snapping shrimp | Alpheus soror | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Freshwater pistol shrimp | Alpheus cyanoteles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Djedda snapping shrimp | Alpheus djeddensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy pistol prawn | Alpheus villosus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mediterranean snapping prawn | Alpheus dentipes | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Spotless snapping shrimp | Alpheus immaculatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Panamic snapping shrimp | Alpheus panamensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus abumusa | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus acutocarinatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus acutofemoratus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus adamastor | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus aequus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus aestuaricola | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus africanus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus agilis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus agrogon | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus alaincrosnieri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus albatrossae | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus alcyone | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus alpheopsides | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus amarillo | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus amirantei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus anchistus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus angustilineatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus ankeri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus antepaenultimus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus architectus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus arenensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus arenicolus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus arethusa | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus arnoa | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus australiensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus australosulcatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus baccheti | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus balaenodigitus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bannerorum | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus barbadensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus barbatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus batesi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus berumeni | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bicostatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bidens | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus blachei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bouvieri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus brachymerus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bradypus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus brasileiro | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus brevipes | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus brevirostris | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus brucei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bucephaloides | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bucephalus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus buchanorum | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus buckupi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus bunburius | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus burukovskyi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus caigeri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus canaliculatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus candei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus cangiopalus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus carlae | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus cedrici | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus chacei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus chamorro | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus chilensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus chiragricus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus christofferseni | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus clypeatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus coetivensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus collumianus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus colombiensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus compressus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus confusus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus coralvivo | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus coutierei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus crinitus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus cristatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus crockeri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus cythereus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus dasycheles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus davaoensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus diadema | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus dingabadi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus dispar | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus distinctus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus djiboutensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus dolerus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus echiurophilus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus edamensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus edwardsii | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus ehlersii | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus euchirus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus eulimene | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus exilis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus explorator | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus facetus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fagei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fasciatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fasqueli | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus felgenhaueri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fenneri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus firmus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus foresti | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus frontalis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fujitai | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus funafutensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus fushima | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus gallicus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus georgei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus gracilis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus grahami | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus haanii | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hailstonei | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus halesii | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hebes | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus heeia | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hephaestus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus heronicus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus heterocarpus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus heurteli | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hippothoe | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus holthuisi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus homochirus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hoonsooi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hoplites | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hortensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hululensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hutchingsae | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hyeyoungae | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus hyphalus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus idiocheles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus ikedosoma | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus imitatrix | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus inca | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus indicus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus inopinatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus intrinsecus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus javieri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus kagoshimanus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus karplusi | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus kuroshimensis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus labis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lacertosus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus ladronis | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lanceloti | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lanceostylus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lancirostris | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus latifasciatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus latus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus ledoyeri | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lentiginosus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus lepidus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus leptocheles | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus leptochiroides | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus leptochirus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus leviusculus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Alpheus longecarinatus | Alpheidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |