Forcipiger
Forcipiger is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. It is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
| Forcipiger | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Forcipiger flavissimus D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 – yellow longnose butterflyfish
- Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) – longnose butterflyfish
- Forcipiger wanai G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Sbrocco, 2012[2]
Gallery
Forcipiger flavissimus
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Forcipiger in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- 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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