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Species in the genus Forcipiger: [ 5 ] records

cyrano, Forcipiger Randall [J. E.] 1961:60, Figs. 5, 6C [Copeia 1961 (no. 1); ref. 9372] Malibagu Point, Sulawesi, Indonesia, depth 10-20 feet. Holotype: USNM 181373. Paratypes: AMNH 16584 (1); USNM 169774 (1), 181374 (1). •Synonym of Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Wheeler 1964:168 [ref. 31175] with question, Burgess 1978:178 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Randall 2005:324 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Forcipiger cyrano Randall 1961 -- (Randall 2007:289 [ref. 30952]), Current status: Valid as Forcipiger cyrano Randall 1961. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

flavissimus, Forcipiger Jordan [D. S.] & McGregor [E. A.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1671 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2444] Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 5709. Paratypes: (numerous) BMNH 1898.10.29.43 [from McGregor] (1), NMW 70807 (1), CAS-SU 69725 (1), USNM 48528 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:80 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor 1898 -- (Burgess 1978:186 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:176 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:182 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:630 [ref. 5660], Allen & Swainston 1988:98 [ref. 25477], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Pequeño 1989:62 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:195 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:43 [ref. 13251], Allen & Robertson 1994:180 [ref. 22193], Randall et al. 1990:232 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:225 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:48 [ref. 25356], Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1003 [ref. 22829], McCosker & Humann 1996:19 [ref. 41107], Allen 1997:150 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:827 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:103 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:442 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:222 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:232 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:167 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:341 [ref. 24106], Francis et al. 1999:575 [ref. 24249], Johnson 1999:740 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:18 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:886 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:300 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:152 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3260 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:886 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:120 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:149 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3323 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:293 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:130 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:324 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1298 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:288 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:149 [ref. 36646], Fricke et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:190 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:138 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:105 [ref. 39915], Zuo & Tang 2011:1003 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:536 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:103 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:114 [ref. 36167], Trnski 2015:1304 [ref. 34198], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:57 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:240 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:110 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:151 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:191 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Love et al. 2021:169 [ref. 39279], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:464 [ref. 39746], Page et al. 2023:162 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor 1898. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia); also eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

inornatus, Forcipiger Randall [J. E.] 1961:58, Figs. 4, 6B [Copeia 1961 (no. 1); ref. 9372] Off Keahole Point, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 35 feet. Holotype: USNM 179881. Paratypes: BPBM 12303 [ex UH 2312] (1), CAS-SU 62141 (1), USNM 179882 (1). •Synonym of Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Burgess 1978:178 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Randall 2005:324 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:289 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.

longirostris, Chaetodon Broussonet [P. M. A.] 1782:[31], Pl. 7 [Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I.; ref. 17287] Hawaiian Islands, central Pacific. Holotype: BMNH 1962.12.2.1 [ex Mus. Banks]. On unnumbered p. 31 and unnumbered Pl. 7. For type information see Wheeler 1964:165 [ref. 31175]. •Valid as Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Klausewitz 1970:1 [ref. 39503], Burgess 1978:178 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:182 [ref. 6441], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Randall et al. 1990:232 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:225 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:154 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:442 [ref. 24023], Chen et al. 1997:115 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:222 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:232 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:167 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:341 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:18 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:886 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:301 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:153 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3260 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:886 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:293 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:324 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1298 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:288 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30213], Zuo & Tang 2011:1003 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:537 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:103 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Koeda et al. 2016:57 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:240 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:191 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36871], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:464 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet 1782). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

wanai, Forcipiger Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Jones Sbrocco [J.] in Allen & Erdmann 2012:1122, Figs. 1-2 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Numamuran Strait, 2°27.178'S, 134°31.832'E, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia, depth 10-20 meter. Holotype: MZB 20577. Paratypes: BPBM 41049 (1), MZB 20586 (3), USNM 400000 (1), WAM P.33049-004 (3). •Valid as Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:537 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco 2012. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.