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triggerfish Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. ...

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Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Sufflamen albicaudatum The bluethroat triggerfish (''Sufflamen albicaudatum'') is a triggerfish Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans ...

'' Rüppell, 1829 (Bluethroat triggerfish) * ''

Sufflamen bursa The Lei Triggerfish (''Sufflamen bursa'') is also known as the bursa triggerfish, scythe triggerfish or boomerang triggerfish, is a triggerfish from the Indo-Pacific. Its name is derived from the two markings behind its eyes that wrap around t ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Boomerang triggerfish) * ''

Sufflamen chrysopterum ''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: * ''Sufflamen albicaudatum'' Rüppell, 1829 (Bluethroat triggerfish) * '' Sufflamen burs ...

& J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Halfmoon triggerfish) * '' Sufflamen fraenatum'' Latreille, 1804 (Masked triggerfish) * '' Sufflamen verres'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Orangeside triggerfish)

References

Balistidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by David Starr Jordan {{triggerfish-stub