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title: "Flagtail Triggerfish"
description: "Sufflamen chrysopterum — Peixes. The halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/flagtail-triggerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flagtail Triggerfish

> Sufflamen chrysopterum — Peixes. The halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area.

- Scientific name: *Sufflamen chrysopterum*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2095
- Wikidata: [Q1549373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1549373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52465](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52465)

## Names

- en: Flagtail Triggerfish
- de: Weißrand-Drückerfisch
- es: Ballesta de Aletas Doradas
- fr: Baliste demi-lune

## Countries with the most observations

AU (390), ID (310), FJ (123), MV (117), NC (113), PH (99), JP (91), TW (58), ZA (42), GU (41), SC (39), TH (37)

## Summary

The halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area.
The halfmoon triggerfish lives around seaward reefs and shallow lagoons. It is solitary and is often found around coral looking for small invertebrates, like crustaceans and worms, on which it feeds.
The halfmoon picassofish species is often also named halfmoon triggerfish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfmoon_triggerfish

## Photo

![Flagtail Triggerfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flagtail-triggerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269645720

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flagtail-triggerfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).