Species that contain: Cetoscarus and bicolor [ 7 ] records

bicolor, Scarus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:82, Pl. 21 (fig. 3) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 2700 (dry). Rüppell specimens: SMF 17526 (1, skeleton). Replaced in Indo-West Pacific by C. ocellatus. •Valid as Bolbometopon bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:211 [ref. 29757], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:122 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:344 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:65 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:489 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:198 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:139 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:316 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:344 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:208 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:451 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1015 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:376 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3474 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1015 [ref. 26193], Kishimoto et al. 2002:4 [ref. 26569], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:159 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Liao et al. 2004:529 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:447 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1427 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:175 [ref. 31256] not this species, Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Koeda et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35333], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:268 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnis, Pseudoscarus Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:105, Pl. 15 (fig. 2) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH 1867.3.9.328 (right half skin). Paratypes: BMNH 1865.2.27.80 (1), 1866.1.19.16 (1), 1867.3.9.355 (1 left half skin). Described from BMNH 1876.3.9.328, which makes this the holotype, paratype (in spirit) figured. •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall 2022:268 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:278 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types preserved. Based on a drawing by Ketlitz (Friedrich Heinrich Freiherr von Kittlitz, 1799-1874, German ornithologist and naturalist). •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall 2005:447 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:344 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2009:90 [ref. 30213], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:730 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:186 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:296 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Randall 2022:268 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (south to Tanzania), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Caroline Islands and Gambier Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

ophthalmistius, Scarus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933:21 [Copeia 1933 (no. 1); ref. 2106] Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 25507 (largest of 2). Paratypes: CAS-SU 25507 (1, smallest). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:88 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Current status: Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pulchellus, Scarus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:25, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 2695. •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:212 [ref. 29757], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Randall et al. 1990:344 [ref. 15987], Myers 1999:208 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943], Liao et al. 2004:529 [ref. 28045], Allen et al. 2006:1427 [ref. 29090], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:268 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

roseiceps, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:279 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Uléa, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types preserved. Based on a drawing, probably by Mertens (Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist). •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099] as rosiceps, Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Current status: Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

scriptus, Callyodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:85 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.37 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:228 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Callyodon bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Wheeler 1958:228 [ref. 13434]). •Synonym of Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:195 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall 2022:268 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.