Forcipiger

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Forcipiger flavissimus.jpg

| image_caption = Forcipiger flavissimus

| taxon = Forcipiger

| authority = D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898

| type_species = Chaetodon longirostris

| type_species_authority = Broussonet, 1782{{Cof family | family = Chaetodontidae | access-date = 22 November 2020}}

}}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes1/ | title =Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | accessdate = 22 November 2020 | date = 21 July 2020 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Forcipiger| month = February | year = 2013}}

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, 2012Allen, 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}}

Some authorities recognise a fourth species, F. cyrano,{{Cof genus | genus = Forcipiger | access-date = 22 November 2020}} but this taxon is not treated as valid by Fishbase.

Gallery

Image:Forcipiger flavissimus Maldives.JPG|Forcipiger flavissimus

Image:Forcipiger longirostris Madhirivaadhoo.JPG|Forcipiger longirostris

References

Category:Chaetodontidae

Category:Marine fish genera

Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan