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]). Current status: Valid as Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia) and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.