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)
  • 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 [1]
  • Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881
  • Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986
  • Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 [2]
  • 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 [2]
  • Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986

References
  1. 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.
  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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