Bridle Triggerfish
Sufflamen fraenatum
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 29 diving areas across 22 countries and 7 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 21 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 4 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 22 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 9 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 18 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 20 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 11 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 11 records