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Forceps Butterflyfish
Forcipiger flavissimus
The yellow longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), also known as the forceps butterflyfish or forcepsfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae.
This species can be found in the aquarium trade, and grows up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in length.
From the article Yellow longnose butterflyfish on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
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.
Wikipedia: “Range and distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 100990.