Long-nosed Butterflyfish Forcipiger flavissimus

The Long-nosed Butterflyfish is also called Yellow Longnose in America and Forceps Fish after its long, forceps-like snout (as is its Latin name forcipiger or carrier of forceps).

It is native to coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific from East Africa via Indonesia and Hawaii to the west coast of the Americas.

The fish can grow to 22cm long. It uses the long, thin snout to prise prey from coral crevices. Diet includes worms and small crustaceans.

They live in monogamous pairs and are territorial. When chasing rivals or showing aggression, they can raise the spines on their back.