Longnose Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Forcipiger flavissimus
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Description: Yellow with black upper head and silvery white below; elongate snout; spot on anal fin below tail base.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coastal and outer reefs in 2-114m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Hawaii and C. America. S.W. Japan to N. & E. Australia.

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