Sufflamen


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:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Sufflamen albicaudatum
Rüppell, 1829
Bluethroat triggerfishwestern Indian Ocean
Sufflamen bursa
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Boomerang triggerfishIndo-Pacific.
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Halfmoon triggerfishtropical Indo-West Pacific area.
Sufflamen fraenatum
Latreille, 1804
Masked triggerfishthe 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 triggerfishthe Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador.