Forcipiger
Forcipiger is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. It is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The name of this genus means “bearing forceps” and is a reference to the long, slender snouts of the species in this genus.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:| Species | Common name | Image |
| Forcipiger flavissimus David [Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan] & E. A. McGregor, 1898 | yellow longnose butterflyfish | |
| Forcipiger longirostris | longnose butterflyfish | |
| Forcipiger wanai G. R. Allen, Mark [van Nydeck Erdmann|Erdmann] & Sbrocco, 2012 | Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish |
Some authorities recognise a fourth species, F. cyrano, but this taxon is not treated as valid by Fishbase.