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Paratya australiensis
A 'fisherman' at a local lake was getting freshwater shrimp in a net. I have never seen these before in Australia so must find out something about them. Are they introduced or native? Are they a problem?
Artificial suburban parkland in freshwater lake.
Thanks LuckyLogan for ID. More notes to come... http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF1206...
The are commonly used in freshwater aquariums for food for fish or removal of algae. I actually feed my fish these a few weeks ago.
Spotted on Oct 19, 2012
Submitted on Oct 20, 2012
