Sufflamen

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Sufflamen
Sufflamen bursa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Sufflamen
D. S. Jordan, 1916

Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes that is native to the reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

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There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Sufflamen albicaudatum

Rüppell, 1829

Bluethroat triggerfish western Indian Ocean
Sufflamen bursa

Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801

Boomerang triggerfish Indo-Pacific.
Sufflamen chrysopterum

Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801

Halfmoon triggerfish tropical Indo-West Pacific area.
Sufflamen fraenatum

Latreille, 1804

Masked triggerfish the Indian Ocean coast of Africa and throughout much of the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands.
Sufflamen verres

C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904

Orangeside triggerfish the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

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