Species that contain: Scarus and erythrodon [ 1 ] records

erythrodon, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:255 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0575. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:294 [ref. 20736]. •Synonym of Scarus sordidus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:31 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:217 [ref. 29757], Choat & Randall 1986:221 [ref. 8099]). •Synonym of Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 1999:453 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:53 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:452 [ref. 28379], Kottelat 2013:380 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:296 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:273 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.