Boomerang triggerfish
Sufflamen bursa
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Boomerang triggerfish
- Scientific
- Sufflamen bursa
- Dhivehi
- ދޮންފަޅު ރޮނޑުDhon falhu rondu
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length) (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 20 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022
Description
A small greyish-brown triggerfish with a white line from the corner of the mouth to the anal fin and two curved boomerang-shaped bars behind the eye, which can be yellow or dark. It lives on reef flats and slopes below the surge zone and feeds on crabs, molluscs, algae and other small animals.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name dhon falhu rondu (MRS 1997). A common Maldivian reef species.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sufflamen-bursa.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6029&GenusName=Sufflamen&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދޮންފަޅު_ރޮނޑު
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_ballesta_boomerang_(Sufflamen_bursa),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzani
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Dhon falhu rondu' (Latin form). FishBase (country: Maldives) gives a different name: 'Dhon rondu'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ދޮންފަޅު ރޮނޑު' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FLAG: sources disagree; needs a Dhivehi speaker. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.