F. longirostris has a compressed yellow body with a black triangular region on its head, and as the name implies, a long silvery snout . There are usually 10–11 dorsal spines, a black spot on the anal fin, and rows of small black spots on the breast. The fish grows to about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length. ... source: Wikipedia
The Longnose Butterflyfish has a compressed body and a very long snout. It resembles the Forcepsfish,
, but can be distinguished by its longer snout, smaller mouth gape, number of dorsal fin spines (10-11 vs. 12-13 in the Forcepsfish) and by rows of small black spots on the breast. These spots are unusually pale in the fish in the image.... source:
Australian Museum Factsheets
The Longnose Butterflyfish has yellow body with black spot on anal fin near the tail. The upper half of head and snout is black with black covering the whole eye The lower part of head and snout is silvery white. It has a longer snout than the similar Forcepsfish, F. flavissimus. The Forcepsfish has the black marking half way up the eye - not covering it like E. longirostris.... source: OZ Animals
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| Common_Name: | Longnose Butterflyfish; |
| Frequency: | 1.587 |
| Description: | Long-snouted butterflyfish with orange body, black upper and light lower head, and small black spot at rear of anal fin. Distinguished from similar Forcipiger flavissimus by much longer snout and the presence of a group of small brown spots on chest below pectoral fin. Occasional individuals are completely dark brown. |
| Abundance: | 1.833 |
| Behaviour: | Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates. |
| Range: | 1670.171 |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Threats: | Overharvesting for aquarium trade, coral habitat loss |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Forcipiger longirostris |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon longirostris Broussonet, 1782 | |
| Published in: Broussonet, P.M.A. 1782. Ichthyologia Sistens Piscium Descriptiones et Icones London : Elmsly pp. 42 pp. 11 pls | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Longnose Butterflyfish | |
| Big Longnosed Butterflyfish | |
| Very-long-nose Butterflyfish | |
| Big Longnose Butterflyfish | |
| Long-bill | |
| Pipe-snouted Butterfly Fish | |
| Big Long-nosed Butterflyfish | |
| Black Long-nosed Butterflyfish | |
| Long-beaked Butterfly Fish | |
| Long-nosed Butterflyfish | |
| Longer-nosed Butterflyfish | |
| Longnosed Butterflyfish | |
| Longsnouted Coralfish | |
| Rare Long-nose | |
| Rare Longnose Butterflyfish | |
| Very-long-nosed Butterflyfish |
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