Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish

Forcipiger wanai

Deep Bodied Chaetodontid Fish of Indonesian Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Forcipiger wanai, the Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to Cenderawasih Bay in the Bird's Head Peninsula region of West Papua.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Forcipiger
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia.

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