African tennis shrimp, also known as blue tennis shrimp, is the biggest difference from other freshwater shrimp in that it is specialized into a round net-shaped chest foot, which can be used to filter plankton, and then the food web is closed and sent to the mouth. This is the same as the long tennis shrimp that the Shui people once mentioned.

African tennis shrimp can change its body color with mood, light intensity and even background environment. Most of the time it is blue-gray or brown, but sometimes it may turn yellow or pink, especially after molting, the color will be very bright and bright.

The male of African tennis shrimp is bigger than the female. In addition, the head, chest and abdomen of the male shrimp are smooth, but the feet have obvious verrucous protrusions. When laying eggs, the mother shrimp must lay eggs in the lower reaches of the river, because the newly hatched shrimp seedlings must survive in salt water, so it is difficult for African net shrimp to breed in aquatic plant tanks.