Eye-stripe Triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider 1801)


Other Names: Black Triggerfish, Black Trigger-fish, Blue-throated Triggerfish, Flagtail Triggerfish, Golden Finned Trigger, Golden Finned Triggerfish, Halfmoon Triggerfish, Half-moon Triggerfish, Half-moon Trigger-fish, Yellowstreak Triggerfish

An Eye-stripe Triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum, in the Solitary Islands, New South Wales. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:
A pale yellowish-brown to brown triggerfish with a narrow whitish to bluish or yellowish-orange bar below the rear of the eye, a yellowish-brown triangle edged in white on the tail, and sometimes a bluish chin and belly.
Small juveniles are dark brown above and white below with a dark horseshoe-shaped mark on the tail.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Sufflamen chrysopterum in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/773

Eye-stripe Triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

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Distribution

Shark Bay to off Dampier, and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, and possibly north to off the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to Narooma, New South Wales; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea.

Etymology

The specific name chrysopterum is from the Greek chrysos (= gold) and pteron (= wing or fin), presumably in reference to the mostly yellow tail of this species.

Species Citation

Balistes chrysopterus Bloch & Schneider 1801, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum: 466. Type locality: Coromandel and Tranquebar, India (syntypes).

Author

Bray, D.J. 2020

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Eye-stripe Triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

References


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CAAB Code:37465079

Depth:1-30 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:22 cm TL

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