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

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderTetraodontiformes
  5. FamilyBalistidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded29,137

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
220
With media
1
Family
Balistidae
Collections
CUMV, YPM, CAS, USNM, LSUMZ, UMMZ
Recorded in
Mauritius, Mariana Islands, Comoros, Saudi Aurabia, Vanuatu, Guam, Hawaii, Solomon Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
triggerfish
Image
Pez ballesta (Sufflamen chrysopterum), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-21, DD 142.jpg
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Commons category
Sufflamen
taxon name
Sufflamen
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Sufflamen
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

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

==Species== There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !!style="width: 60pt;" | Common name !! style="width: 150pt;" | Distribution |- |140x140px|| Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829 |Bluethroat triggerfish||western Indian Ocean |- |140x140px|| Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |Boomerang triggerfish||Indo-Pacific. |- |140x140px || Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |Halfmoon triggerfish||tropical Indo-West Pacific area. |- |140x140px || 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. |- |140x140px|| Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 |Orangeside triggerfish||the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. |- |}

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