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Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 
AphiaID: 219894

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Sufflamen (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sufflamen Jordan, 1916
Synonymised
taxa
  Balistes bursa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Hemibalistes bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English boomerang triggerfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in seaward reefs below the surge zone. Feeds on crabs, bivalves, gastropods, algae, echinoids, tunicates, worms, eggs, and detritus. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219894
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219894 on 2013-05-22
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