Anilao Philippines blenny

My best guess for this blenny is that it is a starry blenny, Salarias ramosus, but in most books and web images it has abundant white speckles. Is this a starry blenny and is it normal for it to have almost no white speckles?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Bart

In case you haven't seen it, there is one unauthenticated picture on Fishbase with few spots and which looks very much like yours - see http://www.fishbase.us/photos/UploadedBy.php?autoctr=7844&win=uploaded.

Thanks Jim, mine is even a bit more extreme but based on the fishbase images I now see that the number of white spots is highly variable. I should have looked at that before because I really like the fishbase images exactly because they help to highlight the variable and shared features of each species. On that note: I also want to thank you for the many great images from you on fishbase in general. I use them a lot!

Bart

Starry blenny. They are adorable...for a fish.