Chlorophthalmus

Chlorophthalmus
Chlorophthalmus agassizi
Chlorophthalmus chalybeius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Chlorophthalmidae
Genus:	Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840
Type species
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840
Synonyms
HyphalonedrusGoode, 1881 PelopsiaFacciolà, 1883

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 200 to 500 metres (660 to 1,640 ft), 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: ^[1]

• Chlorophthalmus acutifrons Hiyama, 1940 (Greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 (Shortnose greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus albatrossis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
• Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll, 1953 (Atlantic greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus basiniger Porkofiev, 2020
• Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941
• Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead, 1958
• Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 ^[2]
• Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986
• Chlorophthalmus imperator Fujiwara, Wada & Motomura, 2019
• Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 ^[3]
• Chlorophthalmus mento Garman, 1899
• Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953 (Blackedge greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura & M. Doi, 1984
• Chlorophthalmus productus Günther, 1887
• Chlorophthalmus proridens C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
• Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 (Spotted greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky, 2013 ^[3]
• Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Fricke & Durville, 2020
• Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986

Synonyms

• Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939; valid as C. corniger
• Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881; valid as C. agassizi

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chlorophthalmus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 September 2025.
2. 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. Bibcode:2014JFBio..84..513B. doi:10.1111/jfb.12305.
3. 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. Bibcode:2013JIch...53..373K. doi:10.1134/S0032945213030077.