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.
Masked triggerfish | |
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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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Binomial name | |
Sufflamen fraenatum (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
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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
edit- ^ 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.). "Sufflamen fraenatum". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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