Ocean triggerfish
Canthidermis sufflamen
- Saltwater
- Least Concern
- Max length
- 65 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Canthidermis
Distribution
- Atlantic, Southwest
- Atlantic, Western Central
About the ocean triggerfish
Canthidermis sufflamen, the ocean triggerfish, is a species of pelagic triggerfish that can be found throughout the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, with its range extending as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Brazil.
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Where the ocean triggerfish lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Sobaco lija
- Ulappasäppikala
- Cumu wasa
- 大洋疣鱗魨
Where to catch ocean triggerfish
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
- Florida Keys United States Coast · Florida
- Galveston Bay United States Bay · Texas
- Lake Pontchartrain United States Lake · Louisiana
- Port Aransas United States Coast · Texas