A viper moray eel (Enchelynassa canina) with a banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) acting as a dental hygienist.

Many species of shrimp offer cleaning services to other marine creatures, bravely entering dangerous territory to glean a meal.

(High Rock, Kona, HI)

fish; eel; moray eel; Indo-Pacific viper moray; viper eel; toothy moray; Chordata; Actinopterygii or Osteichthyes; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae; Enchelynassa canina; arthropod; crustacean; decapod; shrimp; boxer shrimp; banded boxer shrimp; banded coral shrimp; Arthropoda; subP Crustacea; Malacostraca; Decapoda; subOrder Pleocyemata; infraOrder Stenopodidea; Stenopodidae; Stenopus hispidus; cleaning behavior