Purpleback dottyback

I think this fish has the most noble and stunning color coordination among Dottybacks.I took this photo at Mabul Is. in Sabah,Malaysia,where is one of my favorite overseas' diving sites.I've been there 3 times,and now I'm planning to be there 4 times in next May.
At Okinawa Is.,I can see only Magenda dottyback , whose color is just purple.
And I've ever taken a photo of another similar species called Two-tone dottyback whose color of the front half is purple and the latter , yellow, a rather deep species than the others, at Sipadan Is. near Mabul I..

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