Surgeonfish, Angelfish, and Butterflyfish
Four-Eyed Butterflyfish
Chaetodon capistratus
Photo: Dan Schofield · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeNo
Full profile
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Origin
- Tropical Western Atlantic
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- omnivore (difficult to feed)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ❌ No
Notes: A black ocellus near the rear of the body that confuses predators. Delicate in the aquarium.
