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Erik Schlogl, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Acanthuriformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Forcipiger
Species:
longirostris
Common:
Longnose butterflyfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Western Central
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Boyle, K. S. 2011. Proximate and Ultimate Aspects of Acoustic and Multimodal Communication in Butterflyfishes. PhD Dissertation, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Boyle, K. S., Tricas, T. C. 2011. Sound Production in the Longnose Butterflyfishes (Genus forcipiger): Cranial Kinematics, Muscle Activity and Honest Signals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(22): 3829-3842.