Is this anything to worry about or just a unique yasha goby?

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So, my yasha FINALLY came out of his cave - I feel like the shrimp kicked him out unfortunately… I saw his side and his left side is a different pattern to his right. Here’s a photo of both sides
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It’s the nipped dorsal fin that makes me think it was the shrimp (A fish can’t give another fish just a straight line worth of ripped fin, and I doubt a clown goby would go after an established shrimp goby).
 
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I know this was just about the yasha but I went downstairs to look at my big tank and this was odd, usually the tang is a dull brown colour with almost 0 yellow, now he’s pale with the brightest yellow I’ve ever seen. His face is white-ish. Here’s a photo
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Here’s another photo
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I’m concerned because the last fish that went in was 2 months ago (September) and that showed no signs of illness or anything. Is this just displaying colours or something wrong with him?..
Here’s an old photo of what the tang usually looks like - He was showing nothing wrong yesterday.
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