Species that contain: Scarus and caudofasciatus [ 2 ] records

caudofasciatus, Pseudoscarus Günther [A.] 1862:238 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1840.12.12.24 (dry). •Valid as Scarus caudofasciatus (Günther 1862) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:12 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:213 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:712 [ref. 5706], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:455 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:55 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:461 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:91 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:65 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:737 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35805], Psomadakis et al. 2020:530 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Randall 2022:279 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Scarus caudofasciatus (Günther 1862). Labridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (East Africa), Amirantes (Seychelles), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Maldives, Andaman Islands (India), Myanmar and west coast of Thailand. Habitat: marine.

rubrofasciatus, Callyodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1956:10, Pl. 43 (fig. 1) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 1; ref. 4104] Shimoni, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 76. Paratypes: evidently none saved. Also described as new in Smith 1956:934, Pl. 24B [ref. 12527]. •Synonym of Scarus caudofasciatus (Günther 1862) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:12 [ref. 5412], Parenti & Randall 2000:55 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus caudofasciatus (Günther 1862). Labridae. Habitat: marine.