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Sold as hardwickii but definitely not?
 

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Looks like an initial male Thalassoma jansenii. It's care and behavior is near identical to that of the hardwick wrasse.
 
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Looks like an initial male Thalassoma jansenii.
Definitely agree, and the ranges of the two species overlap. It's easy to see how the two could get confused.
 

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That's a nice little Halichoeres - If I was going to try to keep a wrasse in that genus with anemone shrimp or other smaller shrimps, I'd likely try that one, just because it doesn't get too big.

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I am leaning toward H. margaritacea, but I would feel more confident with a better pic.
That's what they had it labeled as. (Actually as a wounded wrasse) but the colors were not quite right. This 1 was very grey/white/silver with some colors in the face
 

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That's what they had it labeled as. (Actually as a wounded wrasse) but the colors were not quite right. This 1 was very grey/white/silver with some colors in the face
Wounded wrasse is most frequently used as the commin name for H. chierchiea. The face and tail pattern are wrong for H. chierchiea.
 

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I am leaning toward H. margaritacea, but I would feel more confident with a better pic.
The colors didn't seem quite right for H. Margaritacea, but that was the closest I could find. Nothing about it would I consider greenish.
 
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