Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898
- Dataset
- The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Chaetodontidae
- genus
- Forcipiger
diagnostic
Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Snout extremely long and attenuate, its length 1.6-2.1 in body depth; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. mouth with a distinct gape. Dorsal fin with XII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 22 to 24 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 or 18 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall bright yellow; upper half of heda and nape black, white below; a black spot on anal fin just below base of caudal fin.
distribution
Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Easter islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island; throughout Micronesia. Eastern Pacific: southern Baja California, Mexico and from the Revillagigedo and