Long-bill
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782)
Status not recordedbony fish
The long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.
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Quick facts about the long-bill
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the long-bill live?
Not recorded
Is the long-bill endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the long-bill classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderAcanthuriformes
- familyChaetodontidae
- genusForcipiger
- SpeciesForcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782)
Synonyms Chaetodon longirostris, Chelmo longirostris, Forcipiger cyrano, Forcipiger inornatus, Prognathodes longirostris
Other names and names in other languages (55)
- Big long-nosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Big longnose butterflyfishEnglish
- Big longnosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Black long-nosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Long-beaked butterfly fishEnglish
- Long-nosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Longer-nosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Longnose butterflyfishEnglish
- Longnosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Longsnouted coralfishEnglish
- Pipe-snouted butterfly fishEnglish
- Rare long-noseEnglish
- Very-long-nose butterflyfishEnglish
- Very-long-nosed butterflyfishEnglish
- Peix papallona nas d'agulla indiCatalan
- Boray-borayCebuano
- klipka trubkotlamáCzech
- Langsnudet pincetfiskDanish
- Langmaul-PinzettfischGerman
- Pez mariposa hociconaSpanish
- daliga ragutuFijian
- Chelmon à très long becFrench
- lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoiHawaiian
- KulibangbangIloko
- Pesce forcipeItalian
- オオフエヤッコダイJapanese
- tikorekoremrv
- Pensetnik czarnoglowyPolish
- Peixe-borboleta-de-focinho-comprido-indianoPortuguese
- щетинозуб-пинцетникRussian
- NäbbfiskSwedish
- paraha utu roaTahitian
- ปลาผีเสื้อปากยาวหน้าดำThai
- Paru-parang dagatFilipino
- Sunghanroot
- Cá Bướm mõm dàiVietnamese
- 火箭蝶Chinese
- Langschnäuziger PinzettfischGerman
- Röhrenmaul-PinzettfischGerman
- Poisson pincette à très long nezFrench
- Poisson-pincette à long becFrench
- Poisson-pincette à très long nezFrench
- Lau wiliwili nukunuku 'oi'oiHawaiian
- Pesce farfalla muso lungoItalian
- Pesce farfalla pinzettaItalian
- Pesce pinzetta muso lungoItalian
- ÔfueyakkodaiJapanese
- Обыкновенная длиннорылая рыба-бабочкаRussian
- Alibangbangroot
- Gutumanuroot
- Paraha 'uturoaroot
- Paru-paroroot
- Paru-parung dagatroot
- 镊口鱼Chinese
- 長吻鑷口魚Chinese
Relatives of the long-bill
Other species in the same genus Forcipiger.
Forcepsfish
Forcipiger flavissimus
Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish
Forcipiger wanai
CompareLong-bill vs ForcepsfishLong-bill vs Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the long-bill?
The long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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