Forcipiger

Forcipiger
Forcipiger flavissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Chaetodontidae
Genus:Forcipiger
D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898
Type species
Chaetodon longirostris
Broussonet, 1782

Forcipiger is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. It is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Forcipiger in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0


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