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title: "Four-eyed Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon capistratus — Pesci. The foureye butterflyfish or four-eyed butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the butterflyfish family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/four-eyed-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Four-eyed Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon capistratus — Pesci. The foureye butterflyfish or four-eyed butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the butterflyfish family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon capistratus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3745
- Wikidata: [Q2165517](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165517)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52956](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52956)

## Names

- en: Four-eyed Butterflyfish
- de: Vieraugen-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa de cuatro ojos
- fr: Poisson-papillon à quatre yeux
- nl: Vierogige koraalvlinder

## Countries with the most observations

MX (513), HN (259), US (219), BZ (204), VI (177), PA (156), KY (153), CW (138), CU (119), PR (116), BS (113), GP (107)

## Summary

The foureye butterflyfish or four-eyed butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the butterflyfish family Chaetodontidae. This species is found in the Western Atlantic, from New England through Bermuda and the West Indies to northern South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foureye_butterflyfish

## Photo

![Four-eyed Butterflyfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-eyed-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77799475

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-eyed-butterflyfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).