Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Flagtail Triggerfish
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Flagtail Triggerfish
Also known as: Halfmoon Triggerfish
Category: Triggerfishes
Scientific Name: Sufflamen chrysopterum
Synonyms: Sufflamen chrysopterus
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
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. chrysopterum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276851🔗
iNaturalist ID: 52465🔗

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