Biology:Forcipiger wanai

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Forcipiger wanai
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Forcipiger
Species:
F. wanai
Binomial name
Forcipiger wanai
G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012

Forcipiger wanai, the Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to Cenderawasih Bay in the Bird's Head Peninsula region of West Papua.[1][2]

Etymology

The name for this fish[clarification needed] is used by the local inhabitants, who speak the Wandammen language group in the southwestern part of Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia, which is the type locality.[3]

References

  1. Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Forcipiger wanai" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21270181 entry