Chlorophthalmus

Chlorophthalmus

Chlorophthalmus agassizi

Chlorophthalmus chalybeius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Chlorophthalmidae
Genus:	Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840
Type species
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840
Synonyms
Hyphalonedrus Goode, 1881 Pelopsia Facciolà, 1883

Chlorophthalmus is a genus of greeneyes

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

Chlorophthalmus acutifrons Hiyama, 1940 (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 ^[1]
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 ^[1]
Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986

References

1 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.

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