Chlorophthalmus
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 Hiyama, 1940 Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 Chlorophthalmus albatrossis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll, 1953 Chlorophthalmus basiniger Porkofiev, 2020Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941 Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead, 1958Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986Chlorophthalmus imperator Fujiwara, Wada & Motomura, 2019Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 Chlorophthalmus mento Garman, 1899Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953 Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura & M. Doi, 1984Chlorophthalmus productus Günther, 1887Chlorophthalmus proridens C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky, 2013 Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Fricke & Durville, 2020Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986;SynonymsChlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939; valid as C. cornigerChlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881; valid as ''C. agassizi''