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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The halfmoon triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum, is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area.
Halfmoon triggerfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 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.
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