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microrhinos, Scarus Bleeker [P.] 1854:200 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 342] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.54 (1). •Valid as Scarus microrhinos Bleeker 1854 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:304 [ref. 19756], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:380 [ref. 25191]). •Synonym of Scarus gibbus Rüppell 1829 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:22 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:216 [ref. 29757], Choat & Randall 1986:209 [ref. 8099], Randall et al. 1990:351 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:310 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:200 [ref. 23977] as microhinos). •Valid as Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker 1854) -- (Randall 1995:295 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:351 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:209 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:53 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1019 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:218 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3477 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1019 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Liao et al. 2004:530 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:450 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1428 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:176 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:733 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:165 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:241 [ref. 36673], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:1051 [ref. 42393], Allen & Erdmann 2024:801 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker 1854). Labridae: Scarinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Micronesia and Pitcairn Group, north to Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

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