Blue boxer shrimp
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The blue-chest boxer shrimp lives in male–female pairs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blue boxer shrimp
- Scientific name
- Stenopus tenuirostris
- Japanese name
- アオムネオトヒメエビ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Stenopodidae
- Genus
- Stenopus
How the Blue boxer shrimp lives
It makes its home in hollows in coral reefs and rocky areas. It fights fiercely to drive away shrimp of its own species that enter its territory.
すさみ町立エビとカニの水族館Basic data
- Diet
- Leftover food and parasites of large fish, and other food
- Range
- Indian Ocean to western Pacific
Where the Blue boxer shrimp has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アオムネオトヒメエビ
- 简体中文
- 细角猥虾
- 繁體中文
- 細額蝟蝦
- Français
- Crevette nettoyeuse bleue
- Português (Brasil)
- Camarão-boxer
- Italiano
- Gambero meccanico blu
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アオムネオトヒメエビChecked: 2026-11-04
- すさみ町立エビとカニの水族館 — バレンタインミニ特別展 ラブ ラブ シュリンプChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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