Family Chaetodontidae
Butterflyfishes
Old Kona Airport, Hawaii, 40 feet
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Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 50 feet, 50mm lens
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Transition phase Longnose Butterflyfish, Honaunau, 30 feet |
Dark phase Longnose Butterflyfish, Puako, 30 feet |
| Scientific name | Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) |
| Common name | LONGNOSE BUTTERFLYFISH |
| Hawaiian name | Lauwiliwilinukunuku'oi'oi |
| Japanese name | Ofueyakkodai |
| Habitat | Seaward reefs |
| Depth | To at least 200 feet |
| Diet | Small crustaceans |
| Size | 8.5 inches |
| Abundance | Fairly common off the islands of Hawaii and Maui, rare elsewhere |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific |
| Notes | Opening of mouth very small; snout very long; rows of brown dots
below pectoral fin
Brown color form often seen along the Kona coast of Hawaii |
| Related Species | Forcipiger flavissimus |
