Species that contain: Scarus and viridis [ 5 ] records

blochii, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:219 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Japan. Lectotype: ZMB 8580 (right skin). Paralectotypes: ?ZMB 8586 (1, right skin). Replacement name for Scarus viridis Bloch 1790, preoccupied by Scarus viridis Bonaterre 1788. •Objective synonym of Scarus japanensis Bloch 1789 -- (Randall & Nelson 1979:206 [ref. 19975]). •Synonym of Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). •Incorrectly valid as Scarus blochii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Krishnan & Mishra 1994:294 [ref. 24014]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789). 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.

viridis, Scarus Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Catesby) 1788:96, Pl. 50 (fig. 193) [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Bahamas, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), and Cuba. No types known. Based on 'Psittacus piscis viridis, bahamensis' of Catesby 1771:29, Pl. 29 (vol. 2) [ref. 774]. •Valid as Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (see Randall & Nelson 1979:207 [ref. 19975], Robins & Ray 1986:211 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:157 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:397 [ref. 23827], Bellwood 1994:65 [ref. 19116], Cervigón 1994:56 [ref. 24488], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:302 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:61 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1646 [ref. 25634] as aff. viride, Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909] as aff. viride, Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1739 [ref. 27105], Smith et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:157 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:544 [ref. 28815], Robertson et al. 2006:796 [ref. 31512], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:65 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre 1788). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Scarus Bloch [M. E.] 1790:29, Pl. 222 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] Japan. Lectotype: ZMB 8586 (right skin). Paralectotypes: ?ZMB 8586 (1, right skin). On p. 20 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Scarus viridis Bonnaterre 1788, replaced by Scarus blochii Valenciennes 1840. Lectotype selected by Randall & Nelson 1979:207 [ref. 19975]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:120 [ref. 24282]. •Objective synonym of Scarus japanensis Bloch 1789 -- (see Randall & Nelson 1979:207 [ref. 19975]). •Synonym of Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:52 [ref. 24943]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Scarus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:648 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. No types known. Based on Gronovius, Zoophy. 228. •Synonym of Labrus viridis Linnaeus 1758 -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm.). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Labrus viridis Linnaeus 1758. Labridae. Habitat: marine.