Photo: Nhobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 22 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, slopes
The yellow longnose butterflyfish has a very long snout that lets it pick small crustaceans out of reef crevices. It is bright yellow, with a black cap.
Did you know?
In Tahitian: paraha utu roa (« paraha with the long snout »).
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Papillon long bec.
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