Sufflamen chrysopterum

Sufflamen chrysopterum

Halfmoon triggerfish

Bluethroat triggerfish

Distribution: from East Africa to Southern Japan, Samoa and Lord Howe.

Replaced by closely related Sufflamen albicaudatus in the Red Sea.

Spots where Sufflamen chrysopterum has been spotted by snorkelers

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