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Color variations of inner surface of pectoral fin in a searobin Lepidotrigla microptera Günther, 1873 are presented with color photographs for the first time based on 49 specimens collected from Mutsu Bay, Aomori, Japan by the T/S Ushio-maru. Examples of some of these color variations are red, dusky red, red with distal bluish black, red with bluish black rays and posterior part, blueish black, and mosaic with red and bluish black. Also, the specimens show variations of blotches and spots on inner surface of pectoral fin that include lacking either, having single blackish bar-like blotch without spots on the mid-basal area, single blackish bar-like blotch with bluish gray or white spots on the mid-basal area, only black or bluish gray spots on the mid-basal area, and two blackish bar-like blotches without spots on the upper basal area.
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