GRASS SHRIMP

ORGANISM

• Transparent body
• Has a pointed "horn"
• Grows to 1.5 inches

HABITAT AND CHESAPEAKE BAY

• Shallow waters, among bay grass beds.
• Moves to warmer, deeper water in winter.
• Found throughout the bay and its tribal rivers.

FEEDING

• Worm
• Algea
• Crustaceeans

LIFE AND PREDATORS

• Spawns in summer
• Females must molt before mating.
• Large for 1-2 month
• A year life span
• Predators: Killifish and Sunfish