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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Chaetodontidae
Genus Forcipiger
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782)

Provider:

Kwang-Tsao Shao

Synonyms：

Chaetodon longirostris, Forcipiger cyrano, Forcipiger inornatus, Prognathodes longirostris

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)

Character:

Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Snout extremely long and attenuate, its length 1.1-1.5 in body depth; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. mouth with almost no gape. Dorsal fin with XI spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 24 to 27 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 or 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall bright yellow; upper half of heda and nape black, white below, and a series of rows of blackish dots on chest; a black spot on anal fin just below base of caudal fin.

Habitat:

A generally uncommon species that inhabits seaward reefs to depths greater than 60 m. Feeds mainly on whole organisms such as small crustaceans. Usually seen in pairs.

Distribution:

Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, north to the Ogasawara Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Austral Islands; throughout Micronesia. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese wate

Utility:

Marine aquarium fish.

Name Code:

381608

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine