Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Balistidae > Canthidermis > Canthidermis sufflamen

Canthidermis sufflamen (Filefish; Turbot; Ocean triggerfish; Ocean tally)

Synonyms: Balistes asperrimus; Balistes macrops; Balistes sobaco; Balistes sufflamen; Canthidermis sabaco
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Diadema antillarum (long-spined sea urchin)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Coryphaena hippurus (Mahi-mahi)[2]
Makaira nigricans (Ocean guard)[2]
Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin-tuna)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neobenedenia melleni[3]
Otobothrium dipsacus[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0