Title: Saltwater/Marine Fish
Species #: 30
Common Name: Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish Scientific Name: Forcipiger flavissimus Kingdom: Animilia
Phylum: Forcipiger
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Geography / Habitat: This fish originates from Hawaii. This fish has a long snout that resembles a pair of needle nose pliers for picking food out of creviced and between coral heads. They also have a beautiful body color f black, and yellow and white.
Life Strategy: This is a vey peaceful fish and when acclimated properly, they are a wonderful hardy addition to and fish only saltwater tank.
Food / Feed Strategy: This fish should be fed a varied diet of meaty foods like mysis shrimp meat and frozen preparations.
Body Form or Style: Sagittiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: N/A Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html