Saltwater
Masked triggerfish
Sufflamen fraenatum
Balistidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 38 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 1,287 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Djibouti, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, and 32 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabit coastal rocky reefs, often silty habitats and in lagoons on open sand. Solitary. Found over sand and rubble patches of seaward reefs. Benthopelagic. Feed on echinoids, fishes, mollusks, tunicates, crustaceans, algae, polychaete worms, foraminiferans and detritus. Oviparous.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Balistes capistratus
- Balistes fraenatus
- Sufflamen capistratus
- Sufflamen fraenatus
- Sufflamen freanatus
- Sufflamen frenatus
In other languages
- Maskeaftrækkerfisk
- Bridle triggerfish, Bridled trigger, Bridled triggerfish, Brown triggerfish, Golden triggerfish, Masked file fish, Starry triggerfish, Triggerfish
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.