Species that contain: Scarus and rubroviolaceus [ 10 ] records

africanus, Callyodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:19, Fig. 26; Pl. 3 (fig. 26) [Memorias do Museu Dr. Alvaro de Castro No. 3; ref. 4101] Shimoni, Kenya. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 68. Paratypes: (several) not researched. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Randall 1986:713 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:460 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2018:300 [ref. 35805], Randall 2022:287 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

calus, Scarus Fowler [H. W.] 1904:542, Pl. 21 (lower fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 27735. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:150 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Randall 2022:287 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

frontalis, Pseudoscarus Macleay [W.] 1883:590 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 4); ref. 17586] Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16374-001 [ex MAMU F901]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Scarus by Scarus frontalis Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Scarus gibbus Rüppell 1828 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:22 [ref. 5412]). •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

heliotropinus, Scarus Bryan [W. A.] 1906:23 [277], Fig. 3 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 15141] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BPBM 3363. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099] as heliotropus, Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:454 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

jordani, Pseudoscarus Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:63, Fig. 21 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 14757] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 12143. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:88 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Randall et al. 1990:354 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:460 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:454 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:365 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

macleayi, Callyodon Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:331 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Replacement name for Pseudoscarus frontalis Macleay 1883, secondarily preoccupied in Scarus by Scarus frontalis Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

paluca, Scarus Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:60, Fig. 18 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 14757] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6141. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:88-89 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:454 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:365 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

rostratus, Pseudoscarus Günther [A.] 1909:315, Pl. 154 [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 6 (no. 16); ref. 14377] Society Islands. Holotype (unique): not yet found. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

ruberrimus, Callyodon Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:316, Fig. 56 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51749. •Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

rubroviolaceus, Scarus Bleeker [P.] 1847:162 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 314] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. No types known. Also in Bleeker 1847:52 [ref. 317]. •Valid as Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:28 [ref. 5412], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:221 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:713 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:219 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:124 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:58 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:354 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:311 [ref. 23929], Randall 1994:268 [ref. 21644], Allen & Robertson 1994:212 [ref. 22193], Bellwood 1994:68 [ref. 19116], Bellwood in Fischer et al. 1995:1426 [ref. 22830], Randall 1995:300 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:495 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:200 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:831 [ref. 41086], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:508 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:354 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:212 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:460 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1021 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:382 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:188 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3490 [ref. 26278] dated 1849, Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1021 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576] dated 1849, Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Liao et al. 2004:533 [ref. 28045], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:362 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:138 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:460 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:454 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1433 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:365 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:150 [ref. 36646], Satapoomin 2009:237 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:68 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:746 [ref. 31980], González-Cuéllar et al. 2013:224 [ref. 32961], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:142 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988] dated 1849, Fourriére et al. 2016:448 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], 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. 2019:246 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:532 [ref. 37272], Love et al. 2021:178 [ref. 39279], Randall 2022:286 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2022:228 [ref. 40522], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981], Zajonz et al. 2023:316 [ref. 40679]). Current status: Valid as Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Middleton Reef, New Caledonia and Tonga; eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.