Sorry to hear that the
Macropharyngodon meleagris didn't make it.
They don't ship well and tend to be hard to get to eat in captivity. The time difference tends to be an issue as well, likely yours had been awake for a while before you saw it, shipped from a different time zone and it was used to being awake a different hours. They also can be full of intestinal worms. I tend to keep mine in an observations tank and de-worm them before they go into the main display.
These two that you had were different species of leopard wrasses. And they are both the female coloration of the two species. One was a
Macropharyngodon meleagris and the other is a
Macropharyngodon bipartitus. Mixing female leopard wrasses usually isn't an issue. Sometimes when you do have a male in the mix there are issues with mixing other types of leopards with them.
There are like 10 different species of leopards.
Labridae:
• Macropharyngodon
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bipartitus
§ bipartitus
§ marisrubri
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choati
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cyanoguttatus
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geoffroyi
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kuiteri
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meleagris
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moyeri
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negrosensis
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ornatus
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vivienae
All are born female and will change into male if others of the same species are around. If you get another young female
Macropharyngodon bipartitus, likely the one you have will change into the male. The male colors are gorgeous with greenish-blue that are sort of in stripes.