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Sufflamen chrysopterum - Halfmoon triggerfish - Halfmoon triggerfish

Maldives

Photo Author - Andrey Ryanskiy

Species name (lat):

Sufflamen chrysopterum

Description:

Halfmoon triggerfish (Eng) – Sufflamen chrysopterum (Lat) (family Balistidae) – grows up to 30 cm. It feeds on algae, sponges, invetebrates. Depth 5-35 m

Habitat:

Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaisya, Philippines, in Red Sea replaced by similar Sufflamen albicaudatus

Juvenal, 7 cm

Photo author - Andrey Ryanskiy

Small juvenal, 3 cm

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Andrey Ryanskiy

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