Scarus forsteni

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = IchimonjiBDya.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Myers, R. |author2=Choat, J.H. |author3=Russell, B. |author4=Clements, K.D. |author5=Rocha, L.A. |author6=Lazuardi, M.E. |author7=Muljadi, A. |author8=Pardede, S. |author9=Rahardjo, P. |date=2012 |title=Scarus forsteni |volume=2012 |page=e.T190747A66523750 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190747A66523750.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Scarus forsteni

| authority = (Bleeker, 1861)

| synonyms = *Pseudoscarus forsteni Bleeker, 1861

• Callyodon forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)
• Callyodon laxtoni Whitley, 1948

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Scarus|forsteni|month=December|year=2019}}

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Scarus forsteni, commonly known as the whitespot parrotfish, or Forsten's parrotfish, is a marine fish native to tropical areas in the western Pacific Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs and feeds on benthic algae.{{cite web|url=http://australianmuseum.net.au/whitespot-parrotfish-scarus-forsteni |title=Whitespot Parrotfish, Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861) |last=McGrouther |first=Mark |date=15 February 2013|work=nature culture discover|publisher=Australian Museum|access-date=12 April 2015}}