Sufflamen Explained

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]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829	Bluethroat triggerfish	western Indian Ocean
	Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801	Boomerang triggerfish	Indo-Pacific.
	Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801	Halfmoon triggerfish	tropical Indo-West Pacific area.
	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.
	Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904	Orangeside triggerfish	the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador.

Notes and References

1. 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. 2015. Matsuura. Keiichi. Ichthyological Research. 62. 72–113. 15223867. free.