| Chlorophthalmus | |
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| Chlorophthalmus agassizi | |
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| Chlorophthalmus chalybeius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Chlorophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyphalonedrus Goode, 1881 | |
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.