title: Sufflamen
text: # Sufflamen
  
  Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes native to reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
  
  | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sufflamen albicaudatum Rüppell, 1829 | Bluethroat triggerfish | western Indian Ocean |
  | Sufflamen bursa Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | Boomerang triggerfish | Indo-Pacific. |
  | Sufflamen chrysopterum Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | Halfmoon triggerfish | tropical Indo-West Pacific area. |
  | Sufflamen fraenatum Latreille, 1804 | Masked triggerfish | the Indian Ocean coast of Africa and throughout much of the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands. |
  | Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 | Orangeside triggerfish | the Pacific coast of Central and South America from Mexico to Ecuador. |
  