Sufflamen

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

Sufflamen
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Sufflamen fraenatum
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Sufflamen

Species

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

  • Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829 (Bluethroat triggerfish)
  • Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Boomerang triggerfish)
  • Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Halfmoon triggerfish)
  • Sufflamen fraenatum Latreille, 1804 (Masked triggerfish)
  • Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Orangeside triggerfish)

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.


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