White-rim triggerfish
| White-rim triggerfish | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White-rim triggerfish ( Sufflamen chrysopterum ) |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Sufflamen chrysopterum | ||||||||||||
| ( Bloch & Schneider , 1801) |
The white-rim triggerfish ( Sufflamen chrysopterum ) lives in the Indo-Pacific from the coasts of East and South Africa to Japan , Lord Howe Island and Samoa in lagoons and outer reefs. In the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman it is replaced by the very similar blue-throated triggerfish ( Sufflamen albicaudatus ). White-edged triggerfish are territorial solitary animals and prefer shallow zones or terraced reefs with open sand, scree and rock surfaces that are only sparsely covered with corals .
Young fish are dark brown above and white below. The coloring of the adult animals is variable.
The fish, which grow to a length of 30 centimeters, feed on various bottom-dwelling invertebrates .
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Robert A. Patzner: Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like), as well as butterfly and angelfish . Mergus Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88244-116-X (Mergus Sea Water Atlas; Vol. 6).
- Franz Schneidewind: Triggerfish . Tetra Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-89745-171-9 (marine fish families).
Web links
Commons : Sufflamen chrysopterum - collection of images, videos and audio files
- White-rim triggerfish on Fishbase.org (English)