Forcipiger is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. It is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The name of this genus means “bearing forceps” and is a reference to the long, slender snouts of the species in this genus.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:Some authorities recognise a fourth species, F. cyrano, but this taxon is not treated as valid by Fishbase.

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