Chlorurus enneacanthus

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fishes}}

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| image = Chlorurus enneacanthus, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives imported from iNaturalist photo 188457855.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Choat, J.H. |author2=Carpenter, K.E. |author3=Clements, K.D. |author4=Rocha, L.A. |author5=Myers, R. |author6=Russell, B. |author7=Lazuardi, M.E. |author8=Muljadi, A. |author9=Pardede, S. |author10=Rahardjo, P. |date=2012 |title=Chlorurus enneacanthus |volume=2012 |page=e.T190692A17793312 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190692A17793312.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Chlorurus enneacanthus

| authority = (Lacépède, 1802)

| synonyms = *Scarus enneacanthus Lacepède, 1802

• Callyodon enneacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Scarus capitaneus Cuvier, 1829
• Callyodon capitaneus (Cuvier, 1829)
• Xanothon capitaneus (Cuvier, 1829)

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Chlorurus|enneacanthus|month=August|year=2019}}

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Chlorurus enneacanthus, known commonly as the captain parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean region.{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/1157314/details#distribution |title=Facts about Parrotfish (Chlorurus enneacanthus) - Encyclopedia of Life |publisher=Eol.org |date=2013-09-11 |access-date=2013-11-12}} Its range extends from Mozambique to Christmas Island.{{cite web | author = Dianne J. Bray | title = Chlorurus enneacanthus | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 9 February 2020 | publisher = Museums Victoria | url = http://136.154.202.208/home/species/4935}}

The captain parrotfish is a medium-sized fish and can reach a maximum length of 50 cm.