Scarus rivulatoides Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., Vol. 22, Gladschub Labroid., p. 35, 1849.
Scarus rivulatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Vol. 14, p. 223, 1839; Myers, 1991.
Scarus micrognatus Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., Vol. 22, p. 56, 1849.
Pseudoscarus rivulatus Day, Fishes of India, Part 3, p. 413, 1877; Bleeker, 1861; Gunther, 1862; Alleyne and Macleay, 1876.
Callyodon rivulatus Seale and Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 33, p. 246, 1907.
Callyodon fasciatus Jordan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., Vol. 25, p. 328, 1906; Fowler and Bean, 1928; Chevey, 1932; Beaufort, 1940; Matsubara, 1955.