Scarus forsteni

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.^[3] S. forsteni are scrapers, meaning they use their specialized beak-like mouths to scrape algae and other biofilms off ocean surfaces. This is possible due to their jaw physiology, which has a shallow shape and thin cement covering.^[4]

Scarus forsteni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. forsteni
Binomial name
Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
Pseudoscarus forsteni Bleeker, 1861 Callyodon forsteni (Bleeker, 1861) Callyodon laxtoni Whitley, 1948