Forcipiger Jordan [D. S.] & McGregor [E. A.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1670, 1671 Masc. Chaetodon longirostris Broussonet 1782. Type by original designation. Also appeared in Jordan & McGregor 1899:279 [ref. 2488]. •Valid as Forcipiger Jordan & McGregor 1898 -- (Burgess 1978:174 [ref. 700], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:182 [ref. 6441], Maugé & Bauchot 1984:462 [ref. 6614], Heemstra 1986:630 [ref. 5660], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Pyle 2001:3226 [ref. 26117], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Allen et al. 2006:1298 [ref. 29090], Trnski 2015:1304 [ref. 34198], Fricke et al. 2018:240 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:110 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:191 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Forcipiger Jordan & McGregor 1898. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae.