''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 The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...

algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

References

* Whitespot Parrotfish, Scarus forsteni (Bleeker 1861) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3454170 forsteni Marine fish of Southeast Asia Fish of Micronesia Fauna of Melanesia Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1861 Fish of the Pacific Ocean