Thalassoma Swainson, 1839
Gender: N; Nat Hist. Fish. Amph. and Rept., 2: 172, 224
Type: Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775, sensu Rüppell, 1828, by monotypy.
Synonyms
Chloricthys Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. and Rept., 2: 173, 232 (type: Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791, by subs. design.) also spelt Chlorichthys by authors.