''Chlorophthalmus'' is a

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greeneye Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 18 species in two genera. The family name Chlorophthal ...

s 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. ''Chlorophthalmus bicornis'' is a junior synonym of ''C. corniger''. At depths of 200 to 500 meters, ''C. corniger'' is mostly found in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, extending from southern Java, Indonesia, to Somalia.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: * '' Chlorophthalmus acutifrons'' Hiyama, 1940 (Greeneye) * Shortnose greeneye (''Chlorophthalmus agassizi'') Bonaparte, 1840 (Shortnose greeneye) * '' Chlorophthalmus albatrossis'' D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 * '' Chlorophthalmus atlanticus''

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, 1953 (Atlantic greeneye) * '' Chlorophthalmus borealis'' Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941 * '' Chlorophthalmus basiniger'' Porkofiev, 2020 * ''

Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis ''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 characte ...

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, 1958 * '' Chlorophthalmus corniger''

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, 1894 Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Gomon, M.F., Abdussamad, E.M., Pillai, N.G.K. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2014)
Redescription of ''Chlorophthalmus corniger'', a senior synonym of ''Chlorophthalmus bicornis'' (Family: Chlorophthalmidae).
''Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (2): 513–522.'' * ''

Chlorophthalmus chalybeius ''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 character ...

'' Goode, 1881 * ''

Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri ''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 character ...

'' Kotlyar & Parin, 1986 * ''

Chlorophthalmus mascarensis ''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 character ...

'' Kobyliansky, 2013 Kobylyanskii, S.G. (2013): Two New Species of Green Eyes of the Genus ''Chlorophthalmus'' (Chlorophthalmidae, Aulopiformes) from the Continental Slope and Submarine Rises of the Western Tropical Part of the Indian Ocean. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 53 (6): 373-379.'' * ''

Chlorophthalmus mento ''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 character ...

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Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus ''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 character ...

'' Kamohara, 1953 (Blackedge greeneye) * '' Chlorophthalmus pectoralis'' Okamura & M. Doi, 1984 * '' Chlorophthalmus proridens'' C. H. Gilbert &

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, 1897 * ''

Chlorophthalmus punctatus ''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 character ...

'' Gilchrist, 1904 (Spotted greeneye) * '' Chlorophthalmus vityazi'' Kobyliansky, 2013 * '' Chlorophthalmus zvezdae'' Kotlyar & Parin, 1986

References

Chlorophthalmidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte {{Aulopiformes-stub