Masked Triggerfish (species: Sufflamen fraenatum) in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Sufflamen fraenatum
Masked Triggerfish


©Dennis Polack: Masked Triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum)

©Dennis Polack: Masked Triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum)

©John Turnbull: Masked Triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Balistidae
Genus Sufflamen
Species Sufflamen fraenatum

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 38 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 8 m to 186 m

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Inhabit coastal rocky reefs, often silty habitats and in lagoons on open sand. Found over sand and rubble patches of seaward reefs (FishBase).

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