Scientific Name	Forcipiger longirostris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Broussonet, 1782)	Depth	1 - 25M
Chinese	長吻鑷口魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻鑷口魚
Max Length	22 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	火箭蝶、黃火箭
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pacific, near Society and Hawaiian islands
Synonyms	Chaetodon longirostris, Chelmo longirostris, Forcipiger cyrano, Forcipiger inornatus, Prognathodes longirostris
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Shen, S. C. etc. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	FRIP22263. NTUM02797. NTUM02808. NTUM06334.
Common Name	Rare long-nose; Big long-nosed butterflyfish; Big longnosed butterflyfish; Black long-nosed butterflyfish; Long-nosed butterflyfish; Longnose butterflyfish; Longsnouted coralfish; Long-beaked butterfly fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Snout extremely long and attenuate, its length 1.1-1.5 in body depth; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. mouth with almost no gape. Dorsal fin with XI spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 24 to 27 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 or 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, and a series of rows of blackish dots on chest; a black spot on anal fin just below base of caudal fin.
habitats	A generally uncommon species that inhabits seaward reefs to depths greater than 60 m. Feeds mainly on whole organisms such as small crustaceans. Usually seen in pairs.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, north to the Ogasawara Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Austral Islands; throughout Micronesia. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese wate
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.