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A Juvenile garibaldi  shows off his spots
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A Juvenile garibaldi shows off his spots

The Garibaldi is the California state marine fish. As a juvenile it is covered with bright blue spots. This one appears to be an adolescent, since it still has some spots, but is starting to take on the looks on an adult.
(Hypsypops rubicundus)

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