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.
Speciesedit
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
^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.
^ abKobylyanskii, 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.
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chlorophthalmus, genus, greeneyes, agassizi, chalybeiusscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, actinopterygiiorder, aulopiformesfamily, chlorophthalmidaegenus, bonaparte, 1840type, species, agassizibonaparte, 1840syno. Chlorophthalmus is a genus of greeneyesChlorophthalmusChlorophthalmus agassiziChlorophthalmus chalybeiusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder AulopiformesFamily ChlorophthalmidaeGenus ChlorophthalmusBonaparte 1840Type speciesChlorophthalmus agassiziBonaparte 1840SynonymsHyphalonedrus Goode 1881Pelopsia Facciola 1883The 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 editThere 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 amp Starks 1904 Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll 1953 Atlantic greeneye Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma amp M Yamaguchi 1941 Chlorophthalmus basinigerPorkofiev 2020 Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead 1958 Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock 1894 1 Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode 1881 Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar amp Parin 1986 Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky 2013 2 Chlorophthalmus mento Garman 1899 Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953 Blackedge greeneye Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura amp M Doi 1984 Chlorophthalmus proridens C H Gilbert amp Cramer 1897 Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist 1904 Spotted greeneye Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky 2013 2 Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar amp Parin 1986References edit Bineesh K K Akhilesh K V Gomon M F Abdussamad E M Pillai N G K amp Gopalakrishnan A 2014 Redescription of Chlorophthalmus corniger a senior synonym of Chlorophthalmus bicornis Family Chlorophthalmidae Journal of Fish Biology 84 2 513 522 a b 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 nbsp This Aulopiformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chlorophthalmus amp oldid 1211024108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
