Chlorurus  Swainson, 1839 
Pseudoscarus  Bleeker, 1861; (synonym)
Xanothon  Smith, 1956; (synonym)
Ypsiscarus  Schultz, 1958; (synonym)
 
 
 
Chlorurus atrilunula  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus atrilunula  Randall & Bruce, 1983; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus bleekeri  
Callyodon bleekeri  de Beaufort, 1940; (valid as)
Scarus bleekeri  Choat & Randall, 1986; (valid as)
Chlorurus bleekeri  Bellwood, 1994; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus bowersi  
Callyodon bowersi  Snyder, 1909; (valid as)
Scarus bowersi  Kishimioto, 1984; (valid as)
Chlorurus bowersi  Bellwood, 1994; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus capistratoides  
Scarus capistratoides  Bleeker, 1847; (valid as)
Chlorurus capistratoides  Bellwood, 1994; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus cyanescens  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus cyanescens  Valenciennes, 1840; (valid as)
Pseudoscarus chloromelas  Gìnther, 1867; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus enneacanthus  Randall, 1986 
Scarus chadri  Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Scarus enneacanthus  Lacep¨de, 1802; (valid as)
Scarus capitaneus  Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus frontalis  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus frontalis  Valenciennes, 1840; (valid as)
Pseudoscarus jonesi  Streets, 1877; (synonym)
Scarus lupus  Fowler, 1900; (synonym)
Scarus brighami  Bryan & Herre, 1903; (synonym)
Callyodon latax  Jordan & Seale, 1906; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus genazonatus  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus genazonatus  Randall & Bruce, 1983; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus gibbus  Swainson, 1839 
Chlorurus microrhinos  authors; (synonym)
Chlorurus strongylocephalus  authors; (synonym)
Scarus gibbus  Rìppell, 1829; (valid as)
Scarus microrhinos  Bleeker, 1854; (synonym)
Scarus strongylocephalus  Bleeker, 1854; (synonym)
Pseudoscarus microcheilos  Bleeker, 1861; (synonym)
Pseudoscarus microrhinos  Bleeker, 1861; (synonym)
Pseudoscarus microcheilus  Gìnther, 1862; (synonym)
Callyodon ultramarinus  Jordan & Seale, 1906; (synonym)
Chlorurus gibbus  Bellwood, 1994
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus japanensis  Bellwood, 1994 
Callyodon japonensis  Bloch, 1789; (misspelling)
Scarus japanensis  Bloch, 1789; (valid as)
Scarus viridis  Bloch, 1790; (1 homonym)
Scarus viridis  Bloch, 1790; (synonym)
Scarus viridis  Bloch, 1790; (synonym, objective)
Scarus blochii  Valenciennes, 1840; (replacement)
Scarus blochii  Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym)
Scarus blochii  Valenciennes, 1840; (synonym, objective)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus oedema  
Callyodon oedema  Snyder, 1909; (valid as)
Ypsiscarus oedema  Schultz, 1958; (valid as)
Scarus oedema  Kishimioto, 1984; (valid as)
Chlorurus oedema  Bellwood, 1994; (valid as)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus perspicillatus  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus perspicillatus  Steindachner, 1879; (valid as)
Scarus ahula  Jenkins, 1901; (synonym)
Scarus miniatus  Jenkins, 1901; (synonym)
Scarus barborus  Jordan & Evermann, 1903; (synonym)
Scarus kraussi  Jordan [E. K.], 1925; (synonym)
Scarus leucostigma  Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus rhakoura  Randall & Anderson, 1997 
 
 
Chlorurus sordidus  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus sordidus  Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
Scarus nigricans  Ehrenberg, 1829; (valid as)
Pseudoscarus platodoni  Seale, 1901; (synonym)
Scaridea leucotaeniata  Fowler, 1944; (synonym)
 
 
 
 
Chlorurus troschelii  Bellwood, 1994 
Scarus troschelii  Bleeker, 1853; (valid as)
 
 
 
  
 
 
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References: 
[CoL] Catalogue of Life 
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26);  https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d 
 [iNaturalist]  
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The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail:  Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.