Cleaner Shrimps [Stenopus]

Cleaner Shrimps
Description

Stenopus cleaner shrimps are bold, banded shrimp that often set up cleaning stations on reefs. Divers may spot them waving their antennae and front legs, seemingly “inviting” fish to come closer for a quick check-up. If you watch carefully, you can sometimes see fish hover nearby while the shrimp picks off parasites and dead tissue.

Species
Banded Coral Shrimp
Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus

Golden-Banded Cleaner Shrimp

Stenopus chrysexanthus

Blue-Legged Cleaner Shrimp

Stenopus cyanoscelis

Devaney’s Coral Shrimp

Stenopus devaneyi

Twostripe Coral Shrimp
Twostripe Coral Shrimp

Stenopus earlei

Goy’s Coral Shrimp

Stenopus goyi

Flameback Coral Shrimp
Flameback Coral Shrimp

Stenopus pyrsonotus

Sayaensis Coral Shrimp

Stenopus sayaensis

Yellowbanded Coral Shrimp
Yellowbanded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus scutellatus

Golden Coral Shrimp
Golden Coral Shrimp

Stenopus spinosus

Tenuirostris Coral Shrimp

Stenopus tenuirostris

Zanzibar Coral Shrimp

Stenopus zanzibaricus

Taxonomy
Phylum Arthropods
Arthropoda
Class Crabs, Lobsters & Shrimp
Malacostraca
Order Decapods
Decapoda
Family Hingeback Shrimps (Stenopodid Cleaner/Predatory Shrimps)
Stenopodidae
Statistics
  • Species 12