Six line wrasse something on its head

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Hello!

see the photo - the wrasse is new to the tank, and a damsel has been picking on him a bit, so it is a bit stressed, probably related. It has a whitish/nearly translucent line on its head that appears to be bothering it - it twitches frequently. The line does not appear fully attached to the fish, I can see parts of it waving in the water occasionally. You can see it hopefully in the attached pic. Any ideas? It is right above the far eye

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It is eating like a champion and moving around the tank
 
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I am doing a FW dip and the thing looks super obvious now
 

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It turned white, I blew it off with a eye dropper, here it is under a microscope
 

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That looks like the spitting image of a fluke, thanks for nudging me in the right direction! Now to decide if I should dose prazipro into the tank or wait to see if other fish pick it up…
 

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