Animal Species:Bridled Triggerfish, Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)

The Bridled Triggerfish is found mainly in tropical marine waters, and can be identified by the yellow bar on the lower lip.

Male Bridled Triggerfish at Sea World

Male Bridled Triggerfish at Sea World
Dave Harasti © Dave Harasti

Alternative Name/s

Brown Triggerfish, Golden Triggerfish, Masked Triggerfish

Identification

The Bridled Triggerfish is brown with a yellow bar on the lower lip. Males have a yellow diagonal stripe from the mouth to the pectoral fin base.

Size range

The species grows to 38 cm in length.

Distribution

In Australia it is found from central to north-western Western Australia and from the northern Great Barrier Reef to the central coast of New South Wales.

Distribution by collection data

Biomaps map of Bridled Triggerfish specimens in the Australian Museum collection.

What does this mean?

Habitat

It occurs in tropical marine (and some temperate) waters of the Indo-Pacific.

Classification

Species:
fraenatum
Genus:
Sufflamen
Family:
Balistidae
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Phylum:
Chordata
Kingdom:
Animalia

What does this mean?

References

  1. Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
  2. Allen, G.R. & R. Swainston. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 201.
  3. Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
  4. Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
  5. Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.


Mark McGrouther , Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Bridled Triggerfish, Sufflamen fraenatum, Balistidae,