Forcipiger wanai
| Forcipiger wanai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Forcipiger |
| Species: | F. wanai
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| Binomial name | |
| Forcipiger wanai G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012
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Forcipiger wanai, the Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to Cenderawasih Bay in the Bird's Head Peninsula region of West Papua.[1][2]
Etymology
The name for this fish is used by the local inhabitants, who speak the Wandammen language group in the southwestern part of Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia, which is the type locality.[3]
References
- ^ Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Forcipiger wanai". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2025.