dimidiatus, Scarus Bleeker [P.] 1859:17 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 6 (art. 2); ref. 14003] Doreh Bay [Doreh], off Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, New Guinea, ca. 0°53'25''S 134°05'29''E. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1864.5.15.24 (1). •Valid as Scarus dimidiatus Bleeker 1859 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:219 [ref. 6441], Choat & Randall 1986:203 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:122 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:347 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:489 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:198 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:318 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:347 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:210 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:55 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1023 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3482 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1023 [ref. 26193], Kishimoto et al. 2002:4 [ref. 26569], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:161 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Liao et al. 2004:531 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:453 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1430 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:176 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:738 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:381 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:141 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:187 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:243 [ref. 36673], Furuhashi et al. 2024:13 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Scarus dimidiatus Bleeker 1859. Labridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia Habitat: marine.