No photo available
Masked triggerfish
Sufflamen fraenatum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Masked triggerfish
- Scientific
- Sufflamen fraenatum
- Dhivehi
- Mushi rondu
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 38 cm (total length); commonly 26 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 38 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 8 to 186 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A brown triggerfish; adult males have a yellow band from the mouth and another under the chin, and juveniles are sandy with fine dark lines. It is solitary over sand and rubble, usually deeper than 25 m, and feeds on sea urchins, brittle stars, molluscs and fish.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name mushi rondu (MRS 1997). MRS notes it is most common in the atoll basins.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sufflamen-fraenatum.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sufflamen_fraenatum_fishbase.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Mushi rondu' (Latin form).