Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Bridled Triggerfish
Sufflamen fraenatum
Bridled Triggerfish
Also known as: Masked Triggerfish
Category: Triggerfishes
Scientific Name: Sufflamen fraenatum
Synonyms: Sufflamen fraenatus
Size: 12 to 15 in. (20 to 38 cm)  
Depth: 25-250 ft. (8-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Balistidae (Family) Triggerfishes
       └Sufflamen (Genus)
        └S. fraenatum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276852🔗
iNaturalist ID: 113450🔗

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