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Forcipiger

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Forcipiger

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Family
  
Chaetodontidae

Higher classification
  
Butterflyfish

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Yellow longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger longirostris

Forcipiger flavissimus


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

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Forcipiger flavissimus having diner


Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

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  • 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

  • Forcipiger Longnose Butterflyfish Forcipiger longirostris Broussonet 1782

    Forcipiger Forcipiger longirostris

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    Forcipiger Longnose Butterflyfish Forcipiger longirostris

    References

    Forcipiger Wikipedia