Forcipiger

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 17 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 6 seconds

Danmarks Akvarium

Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet).

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 21 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds, Shot includes Chaetodon mertensii (Merten's butterflyfish), Heniochus chrysostomus (Pennant bannerfish)

Forcipiger longirostris is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Epinephelus fasciatus (Black-tipped grouper). Coral Sea, Duration 27 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 21 seconds, Shot includes Sargocentron spiniferum (Sabre squirrelfish)

Forcipiger flavissimus is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Ctenochaetus tominiensis (Tomini surgeonfish). Coral Sea, Duration 9 seconds

Long-nosed butterflyfish

Often occurs in pairs; feeds on small invertebrates

The long probing snout is characteristic of the species. They often are seen in pairs as here.