Sufflamen
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Sufflamen D. S. Jordan, 1916 |
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:[1]
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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. |
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Sufflamen verres
C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 |
Orangeside triggerfish | the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. |
References
- ^ 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.