falcipinnis, Pseudoscarus Playfair [R. L.] 1868:865, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 14 Nov. 1867); ref. 14049] Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.8.16.69. •Valid as Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair 1868) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:15 [ref. 5412], Winterbottom et al. 1989:58 [ref. 13251], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Randall 1995:296 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:456 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:55 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:91 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:298 [ref. 35805], Randall 2022:279 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2022:221 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:308 [ref. 40679]). Current status: Valid as Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair 1868). Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.