Masked triggerfish

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Masked triggerfish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Sufflamen
Species:
S. fraenatum
Binomial name
Sufflamen fraenatum

The masked triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum) is a species of triggerfish usually found living in coastal reefs or in lagoons. The range of depths where these triggerfish can live varies from 8 to 186 m.

They are found along the Indian Ocean coast of Africa and throughout much of the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands. [2]

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References

  1. Matsuura, K.; Fricke, R. (2010) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Sufflamen fraenatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T154721A115227260. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154721A4617775.en . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Sufflamen fraenatum" in FishBase . October 2012 version.