Sufflamen
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Sufflamen chrysopterum | |
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Genus: | Sufflamen D. S. Jordan, 1916
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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
- ^ 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.