Sufflamen bursa

Boomerang triggerfish ( Sufflamen bursa )

The Boomerang triggerfish ( Sufflamen bursa ), also called white-bellied trigger fish, lives in the western Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii, the Marquesas, north to southern Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Rapa Ducie. He lives singly or in pairs to hide rich outer reefs below the surf zone at depths of three to 90 meters.

Features

The fish are 25 inches long - Characteristic of the Boomerang triggerfish are two curved, brownish or yellowish lines behind the eyes and above the pectoral fins (these tapes limit a bright, often white stripe and justify the scientific genus name. Is sufflamen a blocking chain the cartwheel ). The body top is beige to olive green, the bottom separated by a thin, white line from snout to anal-fin approach and off-white, light gray to light blue.

Fins formula: Dorsal III/27-30, Anal 25-27

Nutrition

Boomerang triggerfish feed on algae, detritus, fish eggs and bottom-dwelling invertebrates such as clams, snails, various crustaceans, tunicates, echinoderms and worms.