Forcipiger wanai Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish

Forcipiger wanai is commonly referred to as Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8148 

AphiaID:

834972 

Scientific:

Forcipiger wanai 

German:

Pinzettfisch 

English:

Cenderawasih Longnose Butterflyfish 

Category:

Butterflyfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Forcipiger (Genus) > wanai (Species) 

Initial determination:

Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012 

Occurrence:

Indonesia, Papua 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

5.51" - 6.69" (14cm - 17cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Forcipiger flavissimus
  Gelber Langnasen Pinzettfisch
• 
  Forcipiger longirostris
  Langmaul-Pinzettfisch
• 
  Forcipiger wanai
  Pinzettfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-03-16 19:21:47 

Last edit:

2017-05-30 18:43:23 

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