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This goby is reddish-green on its dorsal surface with a number of small black spots. The head has short black lines. Both the body and the head have numerous tiny, iridescent, pale blue, violet, and yellow dots. On the middle of the sides of the body is a row of six longitudinal dark spots. The fins
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