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Cleaner shrimp

The  Cleaner Shrimp is a fundamental member of any coral reef. These small decapod crustaceans are widely cited for their cleaning symbiosis among a variety of marine fish. Cleaner Shrimp are known to pick parasites off of fish, feeding themselves while simultaneously removing potentially dangerous parasite from the host fish.

Scientific Name: Lysmata amboinensis
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