Foureye butterflyfish

Four Eye Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus )

The four- eye butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus ) or peacock - butterfly fish is a type of the family of butterfly fish.

The fish has a high-backed, laterally flattened body. How many butterfly fish also typical of the peacock - butterfly fish on the tail has a striking, white -fringed, black eye patch. This eye patch is an adaptation to visually oriented predators. Predators are focused in the pursuit of their prey fish often their eyes and be deceived in regard to the direction of escape. Up to a length of three inches juveniles do not have an extra eye spot at the rear of the dorsal fin and three vertical body stripes. A black stripe that fades in the adult animal, thereby disguising the eye. The other two strips are wider and more brown.

The four- eye butterflyfish reaches a length of up to 15 cm, but usually remains only 10 cm. He lives in 1-20 feet of water in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and the east coast of the United States, where he goes up north to Massachusetts. In the Caribbean and the West Indies, it is the most common butterflyfish. Juveniles live in small groups, adults almost always in pairs.

Four Eye Butterflyfish feed on algae, polychaetes, ascidians, gorgonians and other corals.