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Scarus humeralis Poey 1861 



Pseudoscarus ismaillius Kossman and Rauber 1876 



Pseudoscarus labiosxis Macleay 1883 



Scarus lunulatus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Pseudoscarus maculiceps Peters 1876 



Scarus makaravar ThioUiere in Montrouzies 1856 



Scarus mertensii Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Pseudoscarus moresbyensis Macleay 1883 



Scarus nigrans Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Pseudoscarus papuensis Macleay 1883 



Scarus prasiognathos Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus quadrispinosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus roseiceps Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus russelei Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus sexvittatus Riippell 1835 



Scariis spilurus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus toshi Whitley 1933 



Scarus trispinosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 



Scarus viridis Bloch 1786. 



The problem of homonyms is summarized as follows (no new names 

 are proposed because there are available sufficient valid names) : 



aracanga: Scarus aracanqa Gunther 1862 (p. 209) and Pseudoscarus aracanga 



Giinther 1862 (p. 227) are herein referred as synonyms of Scarus 



croicensis. 

 bennetti: Scarus hennetti Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 is a synonym of 



Scarus dubius Bennett 1829, and a new name for Scarus bennetti 



Jordan and Evermann 1905 is not needed, since the latter is a synonym 



of Scarus aeruginosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839. 

 bleekeri: Callyodontichthys bleekeri Steindachner 1863 is referrable to the 



genus Sparisoma, and Callyodon bleekeri Weber and de Beaufort 1940 



belongs in the genus Scarus. 

 cretensis: Scarus cretensis Bloch 1790 (pi. 220) is not identifiable. Labrus 



cretensis Linnaeus 1758 has been used as Scarus cretensis by authors; 



in this paper I use the name Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus). 

 denticulatus: Scarus denticulatus Lac^pfede 1803, I do not consider identi- 

 fiable. Xenoscarus denticulatus Evermann and Radcliffe 1917 is used 



in this paper under the name Nicholsina denticulatus (Evermann and 



Radcliflfe). 

 dubius: Scarus dubius Bennett 1828 is a valid species. Scarus dubius Hilde- 



brand 1946 was renamed Scarus hildebrandi Kanazawa 1952. 

 festivus: Scarus festivus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839 is unidentifiable. 



Scarus festivus Longley in Longley and Hildebrand 1941 (nomen 



nudum) is referrable to Sparisoma distinctum. 

 flavescens: Scarus flavescens Bloch and Schneider 1801 is unidentifiable, as 



is Scarus flavescens Cuvier and Valenciennes 1839. 

 flavomarginatus: Scarus flavomarginatus Kner 1866 is a synonym of 



Scarus niger Forsk&l 1775. Since Scarus flavomarginatus Cuvier and 



Valenciennes 1839 is a synonym of Scarus croicensis Bloch 1790, no 



new name is needed. 



