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 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