Chlorophthalmus Explained

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. 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 Poll, 1953 (Atlantic greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941
• Chlorophthalmus basiniger Porkofiev, 2020
• Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead, 1958
• Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 ^[1]
• Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881
• Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986
• Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 ^[2]
• Chlorophthalmus mento Garman, 1899
• Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953 (Blackedge greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura & M. Doi, 1984
• Chlorophthalmus proridens C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
• Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 (Spotted greeneye)
• Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky, 2013 ^[2]
• Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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.