Species that contain: Scarus and globiceps [ 7 ] records

fuscus, Pseudoscarus De Vis [C. W.] 1885:887 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.157. •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1431 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

globiceps, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:242 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1732. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:294 [ref. 20736]. •Valid as Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:23 [ref. 5412], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:220 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:713 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:124 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:350 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:123 [ref. 20996], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:491 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:200 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:365 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:350 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:211 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:458 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1022 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:380 [ref. 25191], Bellwood 2001:3485 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1022 [ref. 26193], Kishimoto et al. 2002:4 [ref. 26569], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:163 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Liao et al. 2004:532 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:455 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:456 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1431 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:91 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:742 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:142 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:299 [ref. 35805], Fukui in Kimura et al. 2018:238 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:244 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:11 [ref. 40448], Randall 2022:283 [ref. 39936], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

lepidus, Scarus Jenyns [L.] 1842:108 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Tahiti, Society Islands. Holotype: BMNH 1917.7.14.47. •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:23 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:455 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:456 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

maculiceps, Pseudoscarus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1876:443 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876; ref. 18495] Mauritius [Île aux Fouquets, 8 kilometers east of Mahébourg], Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ? not ZMB 8734 (dry) [? ZMB 9346, lost]. Type locality see Möbius 1880 [ref. 30489]. •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Fricke 1999:458 [ref. 24106] with holotype as ZMB 9346). •Unidentifiable species -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:63 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pronus, Scarus Fowler [H. W.] 1900:490, Pl. 18 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 51 (for 1899); ref. 13303] Caroline Island [wrongly given as Caroline Islands], Southern Line Islands, Kiribati. Holotype: ANSP 23291 (dry). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:151 [ref. 13621]. Type locality corrected in Fowler 1901:324 [ref. 21248]. •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:23 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

spilonotus, Pseudoscarus Kner [R.] 1868:31 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW 78875. Non-types: ZMH H461 [ex MGH 5431] (1) Mauritius?. Type catalog: Ladiges 1958:171 [ref. 19182], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:409 [ref. 21161]. Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:351 [p. 60 of separate], Pl. 9 (fig. 26) [ref. 2646]. •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:23 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:456 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

strigipinnis, Pseudoscarus De Vis [C. W.] 1885:886 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Cardwell, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.963. •Questionably a synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:210 [ref. 8099]). •Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1431 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus globiceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.