Sufflamen

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Sufflamen
Sufflamen chrysopterum2.jpg
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Sufflamen fraenatum fishbase.jpg
Sufflamen fraenatum
Scientific classification e
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[]

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, 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.


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