| Valid name | Sparisoma |
| Synonym | Type: Scarus abildgaardi Bloch, 1791. |
| Synonym | Sparisoma Swainson, 1839 |
| Synonym | Sparisoma (subgen.) Jordan and Evermann, 1896, ibid.: 416. |
| Synonym | Euscarus (subgen.) Williams, 1968: 607). |
| Synonym | Gender: N; Nat. Hist. Animals, 2: 172, 227 |
| Synonym | Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (= Pseudoscarus Linnaeus, 1758). |
| Synonym | Scarus Bleeker, 1849, Verh. Bat. Gen., 22: 42 (type: Labrus cretensis Linnaeus) nec |