Fish
Longnose Butterflyfish
Forcipiger flavissimus
Key facts
- Temperature24–26 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size22 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeNo
Full profile
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific
- Size
- 22 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 26°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Type of aquarium
- FOWLR
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 liters
- Diet
- carnivorous (invertebrates, coral polyps)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ❌ No (eats LPS polyps)
Notes: Its elongated snout allows it to extract polychaetes and crustaceans from crevices. It feeds on LPS coral polyps and tubeworms. It is very striking due to its bright yellow color and black mask.
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