flavipectoralis, Scarus Schultz [L. P.] 1958:52, Pl. 9 (fig. D) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 214; ref. 3970] Pagapas Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 112217. •Valid as Scarus flavipectoralis Schultz 1958 -- (Choat & Randall 1986:204 [ref. 8099], Randall et al. 1990:347 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:67 [ref. 19116], Allen 1997:202 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:318 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:347 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:210 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:56 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:378 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:115 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3483 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:162 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:454 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1430 [ref. 29090], Westneat et al. 2007:67 [ref. 29298], Allen & Erdmann 2012:739 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:141 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:243 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:11 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Scarus flavipectoralis Schultz 1958. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia) and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.