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Sufflamen

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Sufflamen
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Sufflamen fraenatum
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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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  1. ^ 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.