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title: "Forceps Butterflyfish"
description: "Forcipiger flavissimus — Ryby. The yellow longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), also known as the forceps butterflyfish or forcepsfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/forceps-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Forceps Butterflyfish

> Forcipiger flavissimus — Ryby. The yellow longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), also known as the forceps butterflyfish or forcepsfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Forcipiger flavissimus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 3132
- Wikidata: [Q1499346](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1499346)
- iNaturalist taxon: [100990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100990)

## Names

- en: Forceps Butterflyfish
- de: Gelber Masken-Pinzettfisch
- es: Mariposa hocicona
- fr: Poisson-pincette jaune
- nl: Gele pincetvis

## Countries with the most observations

US (668), ID (323), MX (158), MV (145), PH (139), AU (138), PF (120), FJ (96), NC (57), JP (45), VU (40), CX (39)

## Summary

The yellow longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), also known as the forceps butterflyfish or forcepsfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae.
This species can be found in the aquarium trade, and grows up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in length.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_longnose_butterflyfish

## Photo

![Forceps Butterflyfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/forceps-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193574236

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/forceps-butterflyfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).