Halfmoon triggerfish
| Halfmoon triggerfish | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Sufflamen |
| Species: | S. chrysopterum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
The Halfmoon triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum, is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area.
The halfmoon triggerfish lives around seaward reefs and shallow lagoons. It is solitary and is often found around coral looking for small invertebrates, like crustaceans and worms, on which it feeds.
The Halfmoon picassofish species is often also named Halfmoon triggerfish.
The Halfmoon triggerfish is a solitary fish.
References
- "Sufflamen chrysopterum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sufflamen chrysopterum" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, October 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.