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. At depths of , C. corniger is mostly found in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, extending from southern Java, Indonesia, to Somalia.
Species There are currently 20 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 basiniger Porkofiev, 2020 Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & M. Yamaguchi, 1941 Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead, 1958 Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin, 1986 Chlorophthalmus imperator Fujiwara, Wada & Motomura, 2019 Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky, 2013 Chlorophthalmus mento Garman, 1899 Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953 (Blackedge greeneye) Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura & M. Doi, 1984 Chlorophthalmus productus Günther, 1887 Chlorophthalmus proridens C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904 (Spotted greeneye) Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky, 2013 Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Fricke & Durville, 2020 Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin, 1986 Synonyms Chlorophthalmus bicornis Norman, 1939; valid as C. corniger Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Goode, 1881; valid as C. agassizi
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