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 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.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Shortnose Greeneye
speciesChlorophthalmus agassizi
Greeneye
speciesChlorophthalmus acutifrons
Blackedge Greeneye
speciesChlorophthalmus nigromarginatus
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis
speciesChlorophthalmus albatrossis
Spotted Greeneye
speciesChlorophthalmus punctatus
Chlorophthalmus mento
speciesChlorophthalmus mento
Atlantic greeneye
speciesChlorophthalmus atlanticus
Chlorophthalmus borealis
speciesChlorophthalmus borealis
Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis
speciesChlorophthalmus brasiliensis
Chlorophthalmus corniger
speciesChlorophthalmus corniger
Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri
speciesChlorophthalmus ichthyandri
Chlorophthalmus pectoralis
speciesChlorophthalmus pectoralis
Chlorophthalmus zvezdae
speciesChlorophthalmus zvezdae
Chlorophthalmus vityazi
speciesChlorophthalmus vityazi
Chlorophthalmus mascarensis
speciesChlorophthalmus mascarensis
Chlorophthalmus vulcanus
speciesChlorophthalmus vulcanus
Chlorophthalmus basiniger
speciesChlorophthalmus basiniger
Chlorophthalmus imperator
speciesChlorophthalmus imperator
Chlorophthalmus productus
speciesChlorophthalmus productus
Chlorophthalmus proridens
speciesChlorophthalmus proridens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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