harid, Scarus Fabricius [J. C.] (ex Forsskål) in Niebuhr 1775:30, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] No locality stated (Red Sea). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P5952 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:70 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 3 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:7 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:212 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:709 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:454 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Bellwood 2001:3472 [ref. 26278], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:451 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:91 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:736 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273]). •Valid as Hipposcarus harid (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182], Randall 2022:275 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Hipposcarus harid (Fabricius 1775). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Andaman Sea and Java (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.