These are just a few of the species that act as cleaners on the reef. Many species of fish are cleaners. Some clean as juveniles, and others clean their whole lives. The bottom two photos are two species of gobies that act as cleaners throughout their lives. Several species of shrimp are cleaners, as well. The middle photo is a goatfish being cleaned by Pederson cleaner shrimp. The top two photos are the banded coral shrimp and the scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp. Of all these cleaners, the scarlet-striped shrimp is the biggest (at about 2 inches), and the Pederson shrimp is the smallest (less than an inch long).
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