Sufflamen
Appearance
Sufflamen | |
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Sufflamen chrysopterum | |
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Sufflamen fraenatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Sufflamen D. S. Jordan, 1916 |
Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes native to reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829 | Bluethroat triggerfish | western Indian Ocean |
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Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | Boomerang triggerfish | Indo-Pacific. |
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Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | Halfmoon triggerfish | tropical Indo-West Pacific area. |
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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
[edit]- ^ Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62: 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 15223867.