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Halfmoon triggerfish
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Halfmoon triggerfish
- Scientific
- Sufflamen chrysopterum
- Dhivehi
- ފަޅު ރޮނޑުFalhu rondu
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length) (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 20 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 80 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022
Description
A small dark brown triggerfish with a pale streak from the eye to the pectoral base, a dark blue to purple underside and a yellowish tail with a broad white rear edge. It is solitary and territorial on sheltered reefs and lagoons, feeding on bottom invertebrates.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name falhu rondu (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sufflamen-chrysopterum.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5842&GenusName=Sufflamen&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ފަޅު_ރޮނޑު
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_ballesta_(Sufflamen_chrysopterum),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Falhu rondu' (Latin form). FishBase (country: Maldives) gives only the general group name 'Rondu'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ފަޅު ރޮނޑު' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.