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Forcipiger
Sign in to saveForcipiger 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.
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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: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Forcipiger flavissimus D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 |yellow longnose butterflyfish |frameless|150x150px |- |Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) |longnose butterflyfish |frameless|150x150px |- |Forcipiger wanai G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Sbrocco, 2012 |Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish |frameless|150x150px |} Some authorities recognise a fourth species, F. cyrano, but this taxon is not treated as valid by Fishbase.