Forcipiger

Forcipiger
	Forcipiger flavissimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. The name of this genus means “bearing forceps” and is a reference to the long, slender snouts of the species in this genus.^[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[3]^[4]

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^[4]

Some authorities recognise a fourth species, F. cyrano,^[5] but this taxon is not treated as valid by Fishbase.^[3]

Gallery

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Forcipiger in FishBase. February 2013 version.
^ ^a ^b Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Forcipiger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[Fishbase-3] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Forcipiger in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[Allen2012-4] Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0

[CofF2-5] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Forcipiger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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Forcipiger

Forcipiger flavissimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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^[1]