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Family Chaetodontidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Chaetodon capistratus

 Grand Bahama Island, 50 feet

 

Benwood wreck, Key Largo, 35 feet

French Reef, Key Largo, 45 feet

 FOUREYE BUTTERFLYFISH

Common as pair on reefs to 60 feet.  Feeds upon sessile invertebrates & coral polyps.  Attains 4 inches.  Massachusetts to Venezuela.