Four-eyed Butterfly Fish

Four-eyed-Butterfly-Fish

Common name : Butterbun, Kete, School mistress

Scientific name : Chaetodon capistratus

Family : Chaetodontidae

Native to : Western Atlantic Ocean

Interesting fact : This four-eyed butterfly fish makes an attractive aquarium fish due to its small size.

Conservation status : Least Concern

You may have seen this attractive fish in photos of coral reefs. It has a large false eye at the base of its tail to confuseits predators. It has a laterally compressed body, a single dorsal fin,a small mouth with tiny hair-like teeth to feed on coral polyps, tentacles of feather-dusters and Christmas-tree worms.

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