persicus, Scarus Randall [J. E.] & Bruce [R. W.] 1983:(5) 25, Pl. 6 (figs. G-H) [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 47; ref. 5412] Bahrain fish market, Persian Gulf. Holotype: BPBM 26399. Paratypes: BPBM 21262 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 491 (1), USNM 224474 (1). •Valid as Scarus persicus Randall & Bruce 1983 -- (Bellwood 1994:68 [ref. 19116], Randall 1995:299 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:202 [ref. 23922], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Eagderi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871] as cf. persicus, Randall 2022:284 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2023:322 [ref. 40679]). Current status: Valid as Scarus persicus Randall & Bruce 1983. Labridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: southern Oman to Persian Gulf, including Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.