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:
SpeciesCommon nameImage
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.