Forcipiger flavissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Forcipiger
Species: Forcipiger flavissimus

Name

Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Type locality: Clarion Island, Revilla Gigedo [Revillagigedo] Islands, off western Mexico [Eastern Pacific]

Holotype: SU 5709

Paratypes: BMNH 1898.10.29.43 [from McGregor] (1), NMW 70807 (1), SU 69725 (1), USNM 48528 (2)

Synonyms

Foreipiger flavissimus (misspelling) Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898

References

Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1898: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47: 1241–2183. BHL

Links

Forcipiger flavissimus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Forcipiger flavissimus in the World Register of Marine Species
Forcipiger flavissimus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Forcipiger flavissimus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Langneus-vlindervis
Deutsch: Gelber Masken-Pinzettfisch
English: Longnose butterflyfish, Forcepsfish
español: Mariposa hocicona
suomi: Keltapinsettikala
日本語: フエヤッコダイ
Nederlands: Gele pincetvis
polski: pensetnik czarnogłowy
русский: Жёлтая длиннорылая рыба-бабочка
ไทย: ปลาผีเสื้อจมูกขาวเหลือง, ปลาผีเสื้อจมูกยาวขอบตาขาว
中文: 黃鑷口魚

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