Amano shrimp additionally have opportunity names consisting of Yamato shrimp, Japanese swamp shrimp, Algae-eater shrimp, or Caridina multidentata. This species changed into discovered in Japan and components of Korea and Taiwan.
Amano shrimp changed into brought to the aquarium interest via way of means of Takashi Amano withinside the early 1980s (It is likewise from him wherein they were given the call because 2006) organic manage of algae commenced booming as numerous boards at the net have been spreading the coolest information of the awesome ability of this specific shrimp to eat algae.
When he discovered out approximately this top notch ability, he sold numerous heaps of the shrimps from the neighborhood sellers. After that Takashi Amano used them in maximum of his aquascapes.
Caridina multidentata changed into formerly acknowledged to aquarists as Caridina japonica (located and defined in 1892). Nonetheless, while scientists discovered research approximately Caridina multidentata in 1860 they renamed it to Caridina multidentata in 2006.