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Foureye butterflyfish

Chaetodon capistratus

Description:

Photo take at -35 ft on a Caribbean Reef. Beautiful butterflyfish swim nest to the reef lucking for lunch. Four-eyed butterflyfish are deep-bodied and laterally compressed, with a single dorsal fin and a small mouth with tiny, bristle like teeth. The body is light grey, sometimes with a yellowish hue, and dark forward-pointing chevrons. The ventral fins are yellow. The species gets its common name from a large dark spot on the rear portion of each side of the body. This spot is surrounded by a brilliant white ring, resembling an eye. A black vertical bar on the head runs through the true eye, making it hard to see. Wikipedia.

Habitat:

Found on the coral reefs from Florida all the Caribbean sea , Central America, to Brazil.

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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great spotting Gerardo

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Apr 26, 2012
Submitted on Apr 26, 2012

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