Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898

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Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 .

Forcepsfish or Longnose Butterflyfish. To 22 cm (8.7 in) TL ( Allen and Robertson 1994). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984); Rocas Alijos, southern Baja California ( Gotshall 1996) and Cabo San Lucas and in Gulf of California ( Thomson et al. 1979) to Chile ( Pequeño 1989), and Islas Galápagos ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and other offshore islands ( Robertson and Allen 2002). Depth: 1–145 m (3–476 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Ralston et al. 1986).