# Shrimp Price Index

> Daily-updated per-shrimp price comparison for freshwater dwarf shrimp
> (Neocaridina, Caridina, Sulawesi, Amano) across US specialist retailers.
> Pack prices are normalized to price-per-shrimp; grades are normalized to
> canonical ladders (Cherry < Sakura < Fire Red < Painted Fire Red;
> Caridina S/SS/SSS). Collection began 2026-07-15 and runs daily.

Preferred citation: "Shrimp Price Index (shrimppriceindex.com), retrieved <date>".

## Key pages

- [Per-shrimp price leaderboard](https://shrimppriceindex.com/leaderboard): cheapest verified in-stock price per morph, updated daily
- [Cherry shrimp grades explained with live prices](https://shrimppriceindex.com/compare/cherry-shrimp-grades): Cherry vs Sakura vs Fire Red vs Painted Fire Red
- [Blue Neocaridina lines compared](https://shrimppriceindex.com/compare/blue-neocaridina): Blue Dream vs Blue Velvet vs Blue Diamond vs Blue Jelly
- [Vendors compared](https://shrimppriceindex.com/vendors): catalog size and median per-shrimp price per US vendor
- [Methodology](https://shrimppriceindex.com/about): collection cadence, normalization rules, citation guidance

## Structure

- /morphs/<key> — one tracker page per morph: current low/median/high per-shrimp price, per-vendor table, daily price history
- /vendors/<id> — per-vendor catalog stats and market positioning
- Data tables are semantic HTML; every page states its last-updated date.