Callyodon globiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) Callyodon lepidus (Jenyns, 1842) Pseudocarus spilonotus Kner, 1868 Pseudoscarus fuscus De Vis, 1885 Pseudoscarus maculiceps Peters, 1876 Pseudoscarus strigipinnis De Vis, 1885 Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842 Scarus pronus Fowler, 1900 Scarus globiceps, commonly known as the globehead, violet-lined, speckled or roundhead parrotfish, is a marine fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.

[3] In 1900, Henry Weed Fowler described a specimen from Caroline Island as Scarus pronus, which was later synonymised with this species.

[2] The adult male in terminal phase has a predominantly green body with its scales bordered with salmon pink.

It has a horizontal pink band bordered with green running from the snout through its eyes to the end of the opercle.

Initial phase globehead parrotfish are grey-brown, their abdomens bearing three white bands.