Tangaroa prawn-goby

A common species in Okinawa,Japan.
It has refined white and gold spots on the
whitish translucent body,whose first dorsal
is prolonged.

This species usually lives in pairs in
symbiotic association with alpheid shrimps
which prepare and maintain burrows.

For me,this goby was the first one that I
could take a picture with a shrimp.
It was about 5 years ago...

At this time, I took its portrait photo with
cherishing those memories.

Maeda,Okinawa,Japan . Jun 1999

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