Family Name Listing
Order: Tetraodontiformes, Family: Monacanthidae
Triggerfishes,
Sumu, and Filefishes, Pa'umalo
Triggerfishes are known as sumu, and filefishes pa'umalo in Samoa.
| Scientific Name | Samoan Name | Common Name | Photo | TSN | Park Status | Abundance | Residency | Nativity |
| Aluterus scriptus | ume-aleva, falala | scrawled triggerfish |  | 173134 | Present in Samoa | No data | No data | Native |
| Amanses scopas | pa`umalo, falala | broom triggerfish | 173227 | Present in Samoa | No data | No data | Native | |
| Cantherhines dumerili | pa`umalo | barred filefish |  | 173159 | Present in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Cantherhines pardalis | pa`umalo, falala, aimeo | honeycomb filefish | 173162 | Present in park | No data | No data | Native | |
| Monacanthus chinensis | fringed filefish | 173185 | Present in Samoa | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Oxymonacanthus longirostris | pa`umalo-gutuumi | longnose filefish | 173232 | Present in park | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pervagor janthinosoma | blackbar filefish | 646234 | Present in park | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Pervagor melanocephalus | pa`umalo, falala | blackhead filefish |  | 173195 | Present in park | No data | No data | Native |
From: Park Species List - NPSpecies Summary
Report
Generated: 11/02/2001 National Park of American Samoa (Fish)