spinus, Pseudoscarus Kner [R.] 1868:31 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands. Possible type: BMNH 1869.11.12.53 (1). Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:354 [62 of separate], Pl. 9 (fig. 27) [ref. 2646]. •Valid as Scarus spinus (Kner 1868) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:219 [ref. 6441], Choat & Randall 1986:222 [ref. 8099], Randall et al. 1990:355 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:68 [ref. 19116], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:497 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:202 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:318 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:355 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:212 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1021 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:383 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3491 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1021 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:165 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Liao et al. 2004:533 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:461 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1434 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:748 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:143 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:246 [ref. 36673], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:1070 [ref. 42393], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094], Allen & Erdmann 2024:818 [ref. 40796], Myers et al. 2025:63 [ref. 42065]). Current status: Valid as Scarus spinus (Kner 1868). Labridae: Scarinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean); central Indonesia east to Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji and Samoa, north to Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Northern Territory and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2012): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.