xanthopleura, Scarus Bleeker [P.] 1853:499 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (?): BMNH 1864.5.15.43. •Valid as Scarus xanthopleura Bleeker 1853 -- (Randall 1997:49 [ref. 22932], Randall et al. 1997:521 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:212 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:60 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:1026 [ref. 25182], Bellwood 2001:3492 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1026 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:462 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1434 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:750 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:82 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:246 [ref. 36673], Jeong & Motomura 2022:80 [ref. 39423]). Current status: Valid as Scarus xanthopleura Bleeker 1853. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.