''Stenopus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of swimming decapod

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

s containing eleven species, including ''

Stenopus hispidus ''Stenopus hispidus'' is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the infraorder Stenopodidea. Common names include coral banded shrimp and banded cleaner shrimp. Distribution ''Stenopus hispidus'' has a pan-tropical distribution, extend ...

'', a common aquarium pet. ''Stenopus'' contains the following species: *'' Stenopus chrysexanthus'' Goy, 1992 *'' Stenopus cyanoscelis'' Goy, 1984 *'' Stenopus devaneyi'' Goy & Randall ''in'' Goy, 1984 *'' Stenopus earlei'' Goy & Randall ''in'' Goy, 1984 *'' Stenopus goyi'' Saito, Okuno & Chan, 2009 *''

'' (Olivier, 1811) *''

Stenopus pyrsonotus ''Stenopus pyrsonotus'' is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the infraorder Stenopodidea, native to the Indo-West Pacific region. Common names include flameback coral shrimp, ghost boxing shrimp and cave shrimp; the species is someti ...

'' Goy & Devaney, 1980 *''

Stenopus scutellatus ''Stenopus scutellatus'', commonly known as the gold coral banded shrimp or golden coral shrimp, is a boxer shrimp, a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the family Stenopodidae. It is found in suitable habitats in the western Atlantic ...

'' Rankin, 1898 *'' Stenopus spinosus'' Risso, 1826 *'' Stenopus tenuirostris'' De Man, 1888 *'' Stenopus zanzibaricus'' Bruce, 1976

References

Stenopodidea Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille Crustacean genera {{Decapod-stub