spinidens, Scarus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:289 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0571. Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:291, 299 [ref. 20736]. •Valid as Calotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:218 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Bruce & Randall 1985:15 [ref. 5234], Randall 1986:708 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:194 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:122 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:343 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:64 [ref. 19116], Allen 1997:198 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:503 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:343 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:208 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:51 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1015 [ref. 25182], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:281 [ref. 27511], Bellwood 2001:3474 [ref. 26278], Nakabo 2002:1015 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:159 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Liao et al. 2004:529 [ref. 28045], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:358 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:446 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1427 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:729 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:296 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673], Randall 2022:291 [ref. 39936], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Calotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Micronesia, Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.