Boomerang triggerfish

Sufflamen bursa

Category: Reef Fish

IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Sufflamen

Where to Find

Found in 41 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.

Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 11 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 17 records
Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 62 records
Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 13 records
Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 15 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 8 records
Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 58 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 6 records
Upolu, Samoa - 544 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 12 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 15 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 36 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 28 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 34 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 10 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 37 records
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 8 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 29 records
Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 36 records
Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records