Species that contain: Scarus and scaber [ 4 ] records

flavomaculatus, Psendoscarus Bliss [R.] 1883:57 [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13; ref. 16966] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: MCZ 6129. Paratypes: USNM 153567 [ex MCZ 6129] (1). The original genus is correctly Pseudoscarus. •Synonym of Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:31 [ref. 5412], Fricke 1999:461 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

oviceps, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:244 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Tahiti, Society Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0561. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:295 [ref. 20736]. •Synonym of Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840 -- (Dor 1984:217 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Scarus oviceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:219 [ref. 6441], Choat & Randall 1986:214 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:124 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:352 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:493 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:200 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:141 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:352 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:211 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:58 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1023 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:381 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3487 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1023 [ref. 26193], 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], 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], Allen & Erdmann 2012:744 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:142 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:245 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118]). Current status: Valid as Scarus oviceps Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean); central Indonesia east to Marshall, Line and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), southern Korea and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

pectoralis, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:269 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, No types known. •Synonym of Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:31 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:217 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:133 [ref. 36273], Randall 2022:288 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Synonym of Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

scaber, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:239 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0588. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-1733 (1), B-2042 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:297-298 [ref. 20736]. Lectotype selected by Schultz 1958:92 [ref. 3970]. •Valid as Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840 -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:31 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:217 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:714 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:58 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:352 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:68 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:301 [ref. 22896], Myers 1999:210 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:461 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:59 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Bellwood 2001:3472 [ref. 26278], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:362 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:458 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1426 [ref. 29090] as not in Australia, Fricke et al. 2009:92 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:238 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:747 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:300 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:133 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:166 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871] as cf. scaber, Randall 2022:288 [ref. 39936], Zajonz et al. 2022:229 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:318 [ref. 40679], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Scarus scaber Valenciennes 1840. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Andaman Sea and Indonesia. Habitat: marine.