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Periclimenes yucatanicus Lysmata debelius Rhynchocinetes uritai
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp Dancing Shrimp

ORIGINS Occurs throughout the Caribbean region and in ORIGINS The Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the ORIGINS Widely distributed throughout the entire
the western part of the Atlantic. Maldives to Japan, Indonesia, and the Society Islands. Indo-Pacific region.
SIZE Body is ⁄4 in (2 cm) long. SIZE Body is 1 ⁄4 in (3 cm) long. SIZE Body is 1 ⁄2 in (4 cm) long.
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DIET Marine flake and small live foods. Often scavenges DIET Marine flake and small live foods. Try to ensure DIET Prepared foods, which can include marine flake.
food given to its host anemone. that food falls within reach of the shrimp. Will also eat small pieces of fish.
WATER Temperature 77–79°F (25–26°C); alkaline WATER Temperature 77–79°F (25–26°C); alkaline WATER Temperature 77–79°F (25–26°C); alkaline
(pH 8.1–8.3) with SG 1.02– 1.024. (pH 8.1–8.3) with SG 1.020–1.024. (pH 8.1–8.3) with SG 1.020–1.024.
Scarlet-red coloration is a feature of these shrimp,
which also display white spots on the body, white
lower limbs, and white antennae. In reef aquariums,
they are less shy if kept as a small group rather
than on their own.
Each maintains a small Antennae are used
as feelers in murky
area of territory that surroundings
includes a number
of snug retreats.
These shrimp have a yellow-and-white body, dark Prominent eyes and a hump-backed appearance
bands of red and white on their limbs, and white help to identify this crustacean. Males have
antennae. They need to be housed with a suitable larger claws than females. Dancing Shrimp are
host anemone, such as the Pink-Tipped Anemone social by nature, but they will attack anemones
(see p.286). Breeding is possible in aquariums; the that are not protected by stinging tentacles, and
female carries the green eggs under her abdomen. they will also eat coral polyps. Their movements
However, predation by other tank occupants makes resemble those of a tango dancer, advancing in a
it highly unlikely that any of the young will survive. very deliberate fashion and then briefly pausing.

Saron species
LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Marble Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp appear to have a death wish, This arrangement helps to keep the eel healthy,
actively seeking out and climbing all over fish while the shrimp gets to eat whatever it can ORIGINS Throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from the
that could easily snap them up. The potential remove. The shrimp tend to clean relatively Red Sea, via Indonesia, to Hawaii.
predators refrain from devouring them because sedentary fish species so that they are not carried SIZE Body is 1 ⁄4 in (3 cm) long.
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the shrimp use their powerful claws to remove off into the depths. How these relationships DIET Eats small live foods, and will also scavenge in the
parasites and skin debris from the bodies of the come about is unclear, because in aquariums the tank for items such as marine flake.
fish. The shrimp below (Lysmata amboinensis) is shrimp will even perform this service for fish WATER Temperature 77–79°F (25–26°C); alkaline
“cleaning” a Moray Eel (Gymnothorax species). that they do not encounter in the wild. (pH 8.1–8.3) with SG 1.020–1.024.

These sociable shrimp have marbled patterning—
often a whitish-green with darker markings.
They are shy and are unlikely to be seen during
the day. When they do emerge, it quickly becomes
obvious that their daytime coloration can be very
different from their appearance at night. It is best
to offer them food only after dark. Marble Shrimp
should not be kept in a tank with live corals.

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