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. 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
 * Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881
 * Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986
 * Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013
 * 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
 * Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986