rivulatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:223 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1738. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:297 [ref. 20736]. •Valid as Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:220 [ref. 6441], Choat & Randall 1986:217 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:124 [ref. 25477], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:123 [ref. 20996], Bellwood 1994:68 [ref. 19116], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:494 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:200 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:316 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:353 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:212 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1023 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:381 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3489 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1023 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:164 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Liao et al. 2004:533 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:459 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1433 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:746 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Motomura et al. 2017:188 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:246 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:249 [ref. 41223], Furuhashi et al. 2024:14 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia) and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.