Chlorophthalmus is a genus of greeneyes
The species is distinguished by a silvery gray body with black spots and dark crossbar traces, a lower jaw that ends in a peculiar horizontal plate with spine-like processes, and other unique characteristics including body part sizes and proportions. At depths of , C. corniger is mostly found in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, extending from southern Java, Indonesia, to Somalia.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
- Chlorophthalmus acutifrons <small>Hiyama, 1940</small> (Greeneye)
- Chlorophthalmus agassizi <small>Bonaparte, 1840</small> (Shortnose greeneye)
- Chlorophthalmus albatrossis <small>D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904</small>
- Chlorophthalmus atlanticus <small>Poll, 1953</small> (Atlantic greeneye)
- Chlorophthalmus basiniger<small> Porkofiev, 2020</small>
- Chlorophthalmus borealis <small>Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941</small>
- Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis <small>Mead, 1958</small>
- Chlorophthalmus corniger <small>Alcock, 1894</small>
- Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri <small>Kotlyar & Parin, 1986</small>
- Chlorophthalmus imperator <small>Fujiwara, Wada & Motomura, 2019</small>
- Chlorophthalmus mascarensis <small>Kobyliansky, 2013</small>
- Chlorophthalmus mento <small>Garman, 1899</small>
- Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus <small>Kamohara, 1953</small> (Blackedge greeneye)
- Chlorophthalmus pectoralis <small>Okamura & M. Doi, 1984</small>
- Chlorophthalmus productus <small>Günther, 1887</small>
- Chlorophthalmus proridens <small>C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897</small>
- Chlorophthalmus punctatus <small>Gilchrist, 1904</small> (Spotted greeneye)
- Chlorophthalmus vityazi <small>Kobyliansky, 2013</small>
- Chlorophthalmus vulcanus <small>Fricke & Durville, 2020</small>
- Chlorophthalmus zvezdae <small>Kotlyar & Parin, 1986</small>
Synonyms
- Chlorophthalmus bicornis <small>Norman, 1939</small>; valid as C. corniger
- Chlorophthalmus chalybeius <small>Goode, 1881</small>; valid as C. agassizi
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