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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Balistidae
Genus: Sufflamen
Species: S. albicaudatum – S. bursa – S. chrysopterum – S. fraenatum – S. verres
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:[1]

Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829 (Bluethroat triggerfish)
Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Boomerang triggerfish)
Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Halfmoon triggerfish)
Sufflamen fraenatum Latreille, 1804 (Masked triggerfish)
Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Orangeside triggerfish)

Sufflamen fraenatum fishbase

Masked triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum)

References

Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62: 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 15223867.

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