Cooperative hunting

Cooperative hunting occurs where a pair or group of animals coordinate their activites as part of their hunting behavior in order to improve their chances of making a kill and feeding. This type of cooperation] is found in many species.

Fish
File:Lysmata amboinensis cleans mouth of a Moray eel.jpg|thumb|A Pacific cleaner shrimp cleans the mouth of a moray eel.|alt=Photo of eel with shrimp in its mouth]] Reef-associated roving coralgroupers (Plectropomus pessuliferus) have been observed to recruit moray eels to join them in hunting for food. The invitation to hunt is initiated by head-shaking. The rationale for this joining of forces is the ability of morays to enter narrow crevices and flush prey from niches not accessible to groupers. This is the only known instance of interspecies cooperative hunting among fish. Cooperation on other levels, such as at cleaning stations, is well-known.