enneacanthus, Scarus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:2, 6 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] [Grand Océan équinoxial] is Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2476 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:293 [ref. 20736]. •Valid as Scarus enneacanthus Lacepède 1802 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:14 [ref. 5412], Winterbottom et al. 1989:58 [ref. 13251], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:490 [ref. 27969]). •Valid as Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall 1986:712 [ref. 5706], Bellwood 1994:66 [ref. 19116], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:451 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:90 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:732 [ref. 31980], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:167 [ref. 40104], Randall 2022:271 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Labridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique), Seychelles and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory), to Andaman Islands, Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) and western Indonesia. Habitat: marine.