Species that contain: Scarus and niger [ 11 ] records

chadri, Scarus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:2, 12 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Arabia. •Questionably a synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

flavomarginatus, Pseudoscarus Kner [R.] 1865:262, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 18427] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: NMW 72867 (2). Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Scarus by Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:284 [ref. 39936]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

godeffroyi, Pseudoscarus Günther [A.] 1909:326, Pl. 159 [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 6 (no. 16); ref. 14377] Society Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

limbatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:271 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Macao. Holotype: MNHN 0000-2472 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1961:259 [ref. 20737]. Based on a drawing and on a specimen from Macao. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

lineolabiatus, Callyodon Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:457, Pl. 47 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Butauanan Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 89976 (not found in 1980). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:150 [ref. 13621] with ANSP 101792 as holotype, not USNM 89976. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

madagascariensis, Pseudoscarus Steindachner [F.] 1887:230 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 24 (no. 19) (for 21 July 1887); ref. 18911] Madagascar. Syntypes: (3) NMW 22792 (1). Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:299 [ref. 35805]. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1887:61 [p. 6 of separate] Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 4235]. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:216 [ref. 29757], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Randall 1995:299 [ref. 22896], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943], Fricke et al. 2018:299 [ref. 35805], Randall 2022:284 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

makaravar, Scarus Montrouzier [X.] 1857:475 [197] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. On p. 197 of reprint. •Questionably a synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

maoricus, Callyodon Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:328, Pl. 48 (fig. 3) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51747. Paratypes: CAS-SU 12963 (1), USNM 51833 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:87 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

niger, Scarus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:28, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [No locality stated] Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P5951 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:70 [ref. 9588] , Fricke 2008:51 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:51 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 3 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:216 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:220 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:713 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Winterbottom et al. 1989:58 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:351 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:123 [ref. 20996], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:299 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:202 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:351 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:211 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:459 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:57 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1026 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:381 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Bellwood 2001:3487 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1026 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:163 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Liao et al. 2004:532 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:458 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1432 [ref. 29090], Fricke 2008:51 [ref. 30182], Satapoomin 2009:236 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:177 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:743 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:142 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:81 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:188 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:299 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:133 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:245 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:531 [ref. 37272], Randall 2022:284 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2022:226 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:314 [ref. 40679]). Current status: Valid as Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Amirantes (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

nuchipunctatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:224 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Indian seas. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2470. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1961:259 [ref. 20737]. •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:24 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:213 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:284 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Pseudoscarus niger var. Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:570 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 10698 (1). •Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775 -- (Dor 1984:216 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus niger Forsskål 1775. Labridae. Habitat: marine.