Originally 54 specimens: 13 scarus psittacus removed to usnm 163424, 8 leptoscarus vaigiensis removed to usnm 163454, 1 calotomus carolinus removed to usnm 163500; identified as s. aeruginosus by schultz (1958, bull. usnm, 214:96), name changed to s. globiceps by randall and bruce (1983, ichthyol. bull. rusi, 47:23)