''Sufflamen'' is a
genus
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of
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 ...
es native to
reef
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s of the
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
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* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
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s.
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
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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 ...
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Rüppell, 1829 (Bluethroat triggerfish)
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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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Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
* Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
* Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor jour ...
& J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Boomerang triggerfish)
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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 ...
''
Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
* Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
* Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor jour ...
& J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Halfmoon triggerfish)
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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 ...
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Latreille, 1804 (Masked triggerfish)
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Sufflamen verres
The orangeside triggerfish (''Sufflamen verres'') is a species of triggerfish found along the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar ...
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C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Orangeside triggerfish)
References
Balistidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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