Locally common on shallow reefs exposed to wave action.  Green females are nearly indistinguishable from the Surge Wrasse except for a nearly oval red-brown mark ahead of the eye.  Supermales are salmon-colored with two rows of green scales edged with blue.  Feeds upon invertebrates.  Attains 12 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawai'i and French Polynesia.  Females were formerly known as Thalassoma unbrostygma, males as Thalassoma fuscum.