Help ID’ing wrasse

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We have had this wrasse for a few years now and have forgotten what kind it is. Can anyone help us identify this one?
 
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We have had this wrasse for a few years now and have forgotten what kind it is. Can anyone help us identify this one?
The photo isn’t too easy to work with however I’m sure someone will get it! I’ll give it a go when I’m near to the wrasse books I have at my LFS.
It reminds me of a species I’ve seen but cannot work out which one, think it’s a Halichoeres, but not quite.

@Slocke any ideas?
 
Looks like a white belly wrasse, useful as they eat nuisance red Planaria flatworms, fireworms, and pyramidellid snails.
 
Closest I've got right now is Halichoeres scapularis, the zigzag wrasse. Though could it be a Coris? Coris caudimacula or dorsomacula?
 

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