Species that contain: Leptoscarus and vaigiensis [ 7 ] records

auritus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:218 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Java, Indonesia. •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234], Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

bottae, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:262 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2456 (1, 1, 1, all dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:292 [ref. 20736]. •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:218 [ref. 29757], Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234], Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:292 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

chlorolepis, Calliodon Richardson [J.] 1845:137, Pl. 64 (figs. 4-7) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Hong Kong, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1847.5.10.14 (1). Type information: Whitehead 1970:216 [ref. 11606]. Based on Reeves drawing and a specimen. •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234] with a holotype, Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

coeruleopunctatus, Scarus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:24, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1504. Paralectotypes: SMF 2743 (1, dry). Originally coeruleo-punctatus. Lectotype mentioned by Bruce & Randall 1985:25, 27 [ref. 5234] but with a contradiction in numbers. •Valid as Scarus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Dor 1984:218 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234], Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:292 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

naevius, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:253 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Mahé, Seychelles. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0556. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:295 [ref. 20736]. •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:292 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

rubronotatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:212 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2678. Originally as rubro-notatus. •Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:218 [ref. 29757], Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:292 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

vaigiensis, Scarus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:288 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigeo [Pulau Waigeo, Papua Barat, Indonesia, western Pacific]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0567. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:298 [ref. 20736]. •Valid as Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:218 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Bruce & Randall 1985:24 [ref. 5234], Randall 1986:708 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:122 [ref. 25477], Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:210 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:345 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:309 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:294 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:198 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:139 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:345 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:209 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:455 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1014 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3480 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1014 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:161 [ref. 27510], Ohta & Tachihara 2004:63 [ref. 27608], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Liao et al. 2004:529 [ref. 28045], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:360 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:452 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1429 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:91 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:736 [ref. 31980]. Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:141 [ref. 33932], Stewart 2015:1405 [ref. 34196], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:27 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:167 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:243 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Randall 2022:292 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Pitcairn, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), northern New Zealand and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.