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Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)

Masked triggerfish
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Seychelles country information

Common names: Bourse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 1623 (under the name Sufflamen capistratus, questionably a synonym of S. fraenatus (Matsuura, pers. comm.)).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hutchins, J.B., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Baliste masqué, Calafate mascarilla, Bridled trigger, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Sufflamen: Latin, sufflamen = clog (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 8 - 186 m (Ref. 9710), usually 18 - ? m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 30°N - 32°S

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa through northern Australia to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Pitcain Islands; north to southern Japan.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710); common length : 26.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 27-31; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 24 - 28. Juveniles sand-colored with numerous thin black pinstripes (Ref. 1602); adult males with an oblique yellow band from the corner of mouth backward and another under the chin (Ref. 4420).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabit coastal rocky reefs, often silty habitats and in lagoons on open sand (Ref. 48637). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Found over sand and rubble patches of seaward reefs (Ref. 205). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on echinoids, fishes, mollusks, tunicates, crustaceans, algae, polychaete worms, foraminiferans and detritus. Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Females are territorial, solely tending and guarding the eggs (Ref. 116451). Males exhibit polygyny (Ref. 116451).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Matsuura, Keiichi | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.4 - 28.9, mean 27.5 (based on 2060 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02512 (0.01557 - 0.04053), b=2.94 (2.80 - 3.08), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.