bowersi, Callyodon Snyder [J. O.] 1909:602 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62950. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21136 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:87 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Scarus bowersi (Snyder 1909) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:219 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder 1909) -- (Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Myers 1999:208 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1017 [ref. 25182], Bellwood 2001:3475 [ref. 26278], Nakabo 2002:1017 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:160 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Liao et al. 2004:530 [ref. 28045], Motomura et al. 2010:176 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:731 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35333]). Current status: Valid as Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder 1909). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.