Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Big Longnose Butterflyfish
Forcipiger longirostris
Big Longnose Butterflyfish
Also known as: Rare Longnose Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Forcipiger longirostris
Size: 5 to 8 in. (13 to 20 cm)  
Depth: 15-180 ft. (5-55 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Note: Almost identical to the Longnose Butterflyfish, except slightly longersnout and lines of dots behind pectoral fins.
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family)
      └Forcipiger (Genus)

Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Singular Bannerfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Panda Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Black Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish (White Variation)

Ornate Butterflyfish

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Dot-Dash Butterflyfish

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Latticed Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Dotted butterflyfish

Ovalspot Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Longnose Butterflyfish



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