Gold-specked
prawn-goby

This goby is a common species over Okinawa island.
Through it doesn't have tropical coloring,it has elegant subdued gold specks on the white body.
It has a very cute and babyish face.

It's called "Shinobi haze" in Japanese, that means "sneaking goby".

depth : 66ft / 20m
Sunabe,Okinawa,Japan
Mar 1997

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