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Foureye Butterflyfish  Chaetodon (Chaetodon) capistratus,Four-eyed Butterflyfish Click/tap to enlarge

Foureye Butterflyfish

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The Four-eyed Butterflyfish is a butterflyfish . It is alternatively called the Foureye Butterflyfish. This species is found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to the West Indies and northern South America.

''Chaetodon capistratus'' is the type species of ''Chaetodon''. If this genus is split up as some have proposed, it will retain its present name like its closest relatives, which include the Banded Butterflyfish and the Spot-finned Butterflyfish .

Similar species: Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Tony Rath

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Uploaded Oct 28, 2013. Captured Apr 18, 2004 10:48.
  • Canon EOS D60
  • f/6.7
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm