rhakoura, Chlorurus Randall [J. E.] & Anderson [R. C.] 1997:157, Figs. 1-5 [not 1-4] [Journal of South Asian Natural History v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 23281] Trincomalee, off Lively Rocks, Sri Lanka, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18792. Paratypes: AMS I-37146-001 (3); BMNH 1996.10.29.1 (1); BPBM 27184 (1), 37312 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 53857 (1); USNM 343041 (1). •Valid as Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson 1997 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:53 [ref. 24943], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Satapoomin 2009:234 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:734 [ref. 31980], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Habib et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37962], Hasan & Parvej 2020:88 [ref. 38092]). Current status: Valid as Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson 1997. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh east to western Indonesia, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.