| Valid name | Thalassoma |
| Synonym | Thalassoma Swainson, 1839 |
| Synonym | Gender: N; Nat Hist. Fish. Amph. and Rept., 2: 172, 224 |
| Synonym | Type: Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775, sensu Rüppell, 1828, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Chloricthys Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. and Rept., 2: 173, 232 (type: Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791, b |