| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. |
| Ref. | 54980 Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 455 |
| Named Used as Valid | Scarus forsteni |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Ryukyu Islands and Osagawara Islands to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, east to Rapa, Tuamotu Archipelago, Pitcairn Islands and all of Micronesia; Rowley Shoals off Western Australia and Cocos-Keeling Islands in eastern Indian Ocean. |
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