🦐 Banded Coral Shrimp Stenopus hispidus
Reef Cleaner • Bold Color Bands • Moderate Care
 
📋The Banded Coral Shrimp, also known as the Red-Banded Coral Shrimp, is a hardy and visually striking crustacean recognized by its red-and-white banded body and long, elegant white antennae.
This shrimp is both a scavenger and a cleaner — known for picking parasites from willing fish — making it a functional and attractive addition to reef tanks. While peaceful with fish, they can be territorial toward other shrimp of their kind and may harm smaller invertebrates.
They thrive in aquariums with plenty of rock crevices and overhangs where they can shelter during the day, emerging at night to feed.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Bold Color Bands – Iconic red-and-white striping
🌊 Cleaner Shrimp – Removes parasites from fish
🪸 Reef Safe (With Caution) – May eat very small inverts
🌙 Nocturnal – More active at night
🧠 Moderate Care – Hardy and adaptable
👑 Large for a Shrimp – Up to 10 cm