Biology:Forcipiger
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Short description: Genus of tropical fish.
| Forcipiger | |
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| Forcipiger flavissimus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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.[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
Forcipiger flavissimus
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Chaetodontidae.
- ↑ "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 July 2020. http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes1/. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Forcipiger in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Forcipiger.
Wikidata ☰ Q138656 entry
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