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Species of fish

Masked triggerfish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Sufflamen
Species: S. fraenatum
Binomial name
Sufflamen fraenatum
(C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904)

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.

References

  1. Matsuura, K.; Fricke, R. (2010) . "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.{{cite iucn}}: |volume= / |date= mismatch, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sufflamen fraenatum". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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Taxon identifiers
Sufflamen fraenatum


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