swap_horiz Emperor Shrimp Alternatives

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Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

Skunk Cleaner Shrimp are small marine crustaceans belonging to the Lysmatidae family. These shrimp are notable for their...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

9.5 Brilliant

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Harlequin Shrimp

Harlequin shrimp, *Hymenocera picta*, are small marine crustaceans native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are distingui...

Marine Ornamental Indo Pacific Hymenoceridae

9.4 Excellent

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Tiger Pistol Shrimp

The tiger pistol shrimp, *Alpheus bellulus*, is a marine crustacean belonging to the Alpheidae family. Notably, it exhib...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Alpheidae

9.3 Excellent

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Randall's Pistol Shrimp

Randall’s Pistol Shrimp, *Alpheus randalli*, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the alpheidae family. It's notabl...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Alpheidae

9.3 Excellent

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Fire Shrimp

The Fire Shrimp, *Lysmata debelius*, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the Lysmatidae family. These shrimp are n...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

9.2 Excellent

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Sexy Shrimp

The Sexy Shrimp, scientifically known as *Thor amboinensis*, is a small marine shrimp belonging to the Palaemonidae fami...

Reef Marine Ornamental Anemone

9.1 Excellent

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Zebra Mantis Shrimp

The Zebra Mantis Shrimp, *Lysiosquillina maculata*, is a large burrowing shrimp species native to the Indo-Pacific regio...

Marine Burrowing Indo Pacific Stomatopoda

9.1 Excellent

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Kuruma Prawn

The Kuruma Prawn, *Penaeus japonius*, is a marine shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific region. It’s notable for its vibrant...

Food Commercial Marine Indo Pacific

9.0 Excellent

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Peppermint Shrimp

Lysmata wurdemanni, commonly known as peppermint shrimp, is a small marine crustacean belonging to the Lysmatidae family...

Reef Marine Ornamental Lysmatidae

8.9 Great

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Bumble Bee Shrimp

Bumble Bee Shrimp, scientifically *Gnathophyllum elegans*, are small marine shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific region. Th...

Marine Ornamental Indo Pacific Gnathophyllidae

8.9 Great

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Blue-legged Boxing Shrimp

The Blue-legged Boxing Shrimp, *Stenopus tenuirostris*, is a marine shrimp native to Indo-Pacific reefs. Its most notabl...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

8.8 Great

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Golden Boxing Shrimp

The Golden Boxer Shrimp, *Stenopus scutellatus*, is a deep-water marine crustacean native to Caribbean reefs. Its striki...

Reef Marine Ornamental Deep

8.8 Great

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Anemone Shrimp

Periclimenes brevicarpalis, commonly known as Anemone Shrimp, is a diminutive marine crustacean found in the Indo-Pacifi...

Marine Ornamental Symbiotic Indo Pacific

8.7 Great

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Banded Coral Shrimp

Banded coral shrimp, *Stenopus hispidus*, are small marine crustaceans found in tropical reef environments. These shrimp...

Reef Marine Ornamental Cleaner

8.7 Great

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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp

Periclimenes yucatanicus is a Caribbean cleaner shrimp that removes parasites and dead tissue from reef fish at dedicate...

Marine Caribbean Ornamental Cleaner

8.6 Great

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Giant Tiger Prawn

Penaeus monodon, the giant tiger prawn, is the world's largest farmed shrimp species, native to the Indo-Pacific and wid...

Food Commercial Marine Indo Pacific

8.5 Great

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Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Lysmata amboinensis, also marketed as the scarlet cleaner shrimp, is an Indo-Pacific coral-reef species that establishes...

Marine Caribbean Ornamental Cleaner

8.5 Great

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Magnificent Shrimp

Ancylomenes magnificus is an Indo-Pacific anemone-associated shrimp noted for its striking coloration and commensal life...

Marine Caribbean Ornamental Cleaner

8.3 Great

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Camel Shrimp

Rhynchocinetes durbanensis is a popular marine aquarium species with a characteristic humped back and hinged rostrum, na...

Reef Marine Ornamental Indo Pacific

8.3 Great

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Shortbody Coral Shrimp

A small stenopid shrimp notable for its comparatively compact body relative to other members of the coral shrimp family...

Marine Ornamental Cleaner Indo Pacific

8.0 Great