Scientific Name	Forcipiger flavissimus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & McGregor, 1898	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	黃鑷口魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黃鑷口魚
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、North East、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Clarion and Socorro Is.
Synonyms	Chelmo longirostris, Forcipiger longirostris, Foreipiger flavissimus
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	ASIZP0055136. ASIZP0055371. ASIZP0057782. ASIZP0059648. ASIZP0059659. ASIZP0070028. ASIZP0073174. ASIZP0700351. ASIZP0803313. ASIZP0805599. ASIZP0913313. ASIZP0915599. NMMBP04172. NMMSTP00781. NTOU-AE6056. NTUM00293. NTUM00294. NTUM00295. NTUM00296. NTUM02450. NTUM02476. NTUM02577. NTUM02578. NTUM02579. NTUM02580. NTUM02798. NTUM04429.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Yellow long nose butterfly; Big long-nosed butterflyfish; Longnose butterflyfish; Longsnouted butterflyfish; Long-nosed coralfish; Forceps fish; Long nose butterfly; Forcepsfish; Long-nosed butterflyfish; Longnosed butterflyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	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.
habitats	Common in exposed seaward reefs but also found in lagoon reefs. Solitary or in small groups of up to 5 individuals. Adults usually in pairs. Feeds on a wide variety of animal prey including hydroids, fish eggs, small crustaceans but prefers tube feet of e
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
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.