Masked triggerfish
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Sufflamen |
| Species: | S. fraenatum |
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| Sufflamen fraenatum (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904) | |
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]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Sufflamen fraenatum" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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