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Created 5/9/2025

Family Hippolytidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Saron marmoratus

 
   
   

MARBLED SHRIMP

Common at night on shallow reefs, where the reflective eyes glow brightly when illuminated.  The body has tufts of bristles and males develop long claws.  Color pattern varies from green to maroon.  Attains body length of 3 inches.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia, recently established in the Eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.