Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 .

Forcepsfish or Longnose Butterflyfish. To 22 cm (8.7 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984); Rocas Alijos, southern Baja California (Gotshall 1996) and Cabo San Lucas and in Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 1979) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and other offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). Depth: 1–145 m (3–476 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Ralston et al. 1986).