Halfmoon triggerfish

Halfmoon triggerfish

Taxobox
name = Halfmoon triggerfish



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Tetraodontiformes
familia = Balistidae
genus = "Sufflamen"
genus_authority = Jordan, 1916
species = "S. chrysopterum"
binomial = "Sufflamen chrysopterum"
binomial_authority = (Bloch & 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 can often be seen swimming around coral looking for small animals, like crustaceans and worms, on which it feeds.

The Halfmoon picassofish species is often also named Halfmoon triggerfish.

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