Species that contain: Scarus and ferrugineus [ 5 ] records

aeruginosus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:257 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Red Sea. Holotype: MNHN 0000-2487 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:291 [ref. 20736], Bauchot & Guibé 1961:259 [ref. 20737]. •Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Ormond 1978:245 [ref. 21371], Randall & Bruce 1983:16 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:214 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:280 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

augustinus, Pseudoscarus Kossmann [R.] & Räuber [H.] 1877:409 [Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg. v. 1; ref. 18432] Red Sea. Holotype (unique): Apparently lost. Also appeared in Kossmann & Räuber 1877:27 [ref. 14246]. •Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:16 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:214 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:280 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

caerulescens, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:230 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Red Sea. •Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Ormond 1978:245 [ref. 21371] as coerulescens, Randall & Bruce 1983:16 [ref. 5412] as coerulescens, Dor 1984:214 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943] as coerulescens, Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:280 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

ferrugineus, Scarus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:29, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Dahab, northwestern coast of Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, depth 12 meters. Neotype: BPBM 18158. Type catalog: Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]. Neotype designated by Randall & Ormond 1978:245 [ref. 21371]. •Valid as Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Ormond 1978:245 [ref. 21371], Randall & Bruce 1983:16 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:214 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1994:234 [ref. 21645], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Carpenter et al. 1997:201 [ref. 23922], Randall 1995:296 [ref. 22896], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Authorship according to Fricke 2008:50 [ref. 30182]., Golani & Fricke 2018:132 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Randall 2022:280 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2022:222 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:310 [ref. 40679]). Current status: Valid as Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen) and Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

marshalli, Scarus Schultz [L. P.] 1958:88, Fig. 24 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 214; ref. 3970] Mersa Sheikh Sa'ad, Red Sea. Holotype: BMNH 1955.11.4.5. Paratypes: BMNH 1955.11.4.6 (1), USNM 163817 [ex BMNH 1955.11.4.6] (1). •Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Ormond 1978:245 [ref. 21371], Randall & Bruce 1983:16 [ref. 5412], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.