Sufflamen chrysopterum 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, Eye-stripe Triggerfish

Sufflamen chrysopterum is commonly referred to as 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, Eye-stripe Triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

507 

AphiaID:

276851 

Scientific:

Sufflamen chrysopterum 

German:

Weissband-Drückerfisch 

English:

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, Eye-stripe Triggerfish 

Category:

Aftrækkerfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Sufflamen (Genus) > chrysopterum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Bali, China, Christmas Islands, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, Lord Howe Island, Maumere, Mozambique, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Africa, Ogasawara Islands, Papua, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Togean Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

10.24" - 11.81" (26cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

19,1 °F - 31,2 °F (19,1°C - 31,2°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Clam meat, Crabs, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Sea urchins, Shrimps 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sufflamen albicaudatum
  Rotmeer-Blaubrustdrücker; Blaukehl-Drückerfisch;
• 
  Sufflamen bursa
  Bumerang-Drückerfisch, Weißbauch-Drückerfisch
• 
  Sufflamen chrysopterum
  Weissband-Drückerfisch
• 
  Sufflamen fraenatum
  Masken Drücker
• 
  Sufflamen verres
  Drückerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-09 10:00:47 

Last edit:

2025-06-10 06:47:16 

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