#2374 · 🐟 fish

Four-eyed Butterflyfish

🇳🇱 Vierogige koraalvlinder ·Chaetodon capistratus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
3. © Brice C. · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Callie · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
6. © terence zahner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Zack · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © James St. John · CC BY 4.0
9. © Maria Mitchell Association · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The foureye butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus ) is a butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is alternatively called the four-eyed butterflyfish . This species is found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to the West Indies and northern South America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,804iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,804 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).