About Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)
Chlorurus capistratoides is commonly known as the Indian parrotfish or the pink-margined parrotfish. It is a marine ray-finned parrotfish belonging to the family Scaridae. This species is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, and it lives on coral reefs. It forms small schools, which frequently mix with other fish species. These schools forage across corals in clear coastal and inner reefs that have abundant algal and coral growth. Chlorurus capistratoides feeds on filamentous algae.
