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Family Chaetodontidae
Butterflyfishes
WESTERN ATLANTIC &
CARIBBEAN
Chaetodon capistratus
 Grand
Bahama Island, 50 feet |
Grenada |
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FOUREYE BUTTERFLYFISH
| Habitat |
Shallow reefs |
| Depth |
To 60 feet |
| Diet |
Sessile invertebrates |
| Size |
4 inches |
| Abundance |
Common |
| Distribution |
Massachusetts to Venezuela |
| Notes |
May occur in pairs |
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Chaetodon striatus
Grenada |
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BANDED BUTTERFLYFISH
| Habitat |
Shallow reefs |
| Depth |
To 160 feet |
| Diet |
Sessile invertebrates & zooplankton |
| Size |
6 inches |
| Abundance |
Common |
| Distribution |
Massachusetts to Brazil |
| Notes |
May occur in pairs or aggregations |
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Chaetodon ocellatus
Grand Bahama Island, 40 feet |
Grand Bahama Island, 40 feet |
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SPOTFIN BUTTERFLYFISH
| Habitat |
Coral reefs |
| Depth |
To 100 feet |
| Diet |
Invertebrates |
| Size |
8 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common |
| Distribution |
Florida to Brazil, juvenile waifs sometimes north to Nova Scotia |
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Prognathodes aculeatus
Grenada |
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LONGSNOUT BUTTERFLYFISH
| Habitat |
Deep reefs |
| Depth |
Rare in less than 100 feet; common down to
300 feet |
| Diet |
Invertebrates |
| Size |
3.5 inches |
| Abundance |
Common only in deep water |
| Distribution |
South Florida & the Caribbean |
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