Yellow longnose butterflyfish

Forcipiger flavissimus

The yellow longnose butterflyfish or forceps butterflyfish, ''Forcipiger flavissimus'', is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae.
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Appearance

It is a small fish which grows up to 22 cm in length.
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Distribution

The yellow longnose butterflyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to Hawaii, Red Sea included, and is also found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to the Revillagigedo Islands and the Galapagos.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderAcanthuriformes
FamilyChaetodontidae
GenusForcipiger
SpeciesF. flavissimus
Photographed in
Indonesia
Maldives
Mexico
Mozambique
Philippines