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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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusForcipiger
  7. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long-bill

Other species in the same genus Forcipiger.

Forcepsfish

Forcipiger flavissimus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the long-bill?

The long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-bill

MLA

“Long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-bill.

BibTeX
@misc{long_bill_2026,
  title = {Long-bill (Forcipiger longirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-bill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}