Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Chlorophthalmidae Greeneyes

Genus: Chlorophthalmus

(See list of species below)


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19 species (see list below)
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Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Chlorophthalmus acutifrons Hiyama, 1940

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Chlorophthalmus acutifrons
[Greeneye]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Circumglobal in temperate
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840

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Chlorophthalmus agassizi
[Shortnose greeneye]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis Jordan & Starks, 1904

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Chlorophthalmus albatrossis
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic.
Max. Length 25 cm
Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll, 1953

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Chlorophthalmus atlanticus
[Atlantic greeneye]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & Yamaguchi, 1941

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Chlorophthalmus borealis
[]

Photo by Garcia Jr., J.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 24.2 cm TL
Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead, 1958

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Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis
[]
No picture found
 
Chlorophthalmus chalybeius
[]

Photo by Bineesh, K K

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 17 cm SL
Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894

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Chlorophthalmus corniger
[Spinyjaw greeneye]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm NG
 
Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
 
Chlorophthalmus imperator
[Emperor greeneye]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.7 cm SL
 
Chlorophthalmus mascarensis
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific.
Max. Length 16.6 cm SL
Chlorophthalmus mento Garman, 1899

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Chlorophthalmus mento
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm SL
Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara, 1953

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Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus
[Blackedge greeneye]
No picture found
 
Chlorophthalmus pectoralis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Chlorophthalmus proridens
[]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist, 1904

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Chlorophthalmus punctatus
[Spotted greeneye]
No picture found

Max. Length 21.1 cm SL
 
Chlorophthalmus vityazi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.6 cm SL
 
Chlorophthalmus vulcanus
[Volcano greeneye]
No picture found
 
Chlorophthalmus zvezdae
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chlorophthalmus acutifrons Greeneye Western Pacific 30 TL 1940
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Shortnose greeneye Circumglobal in temperate 40 TL 1840
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis Indo-West Pacific 15 SL 1904
Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Atlantic greeneye Eastern Atlantic. 25 1953
Chlorophthalmus borealis Western Pacific 14.6 SL 1941
Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Southwest Atlantic 24.2 TL 1958
Chlorophthalmus chalybeius Northwest Atlantic 1881
Chlorophthalmus corniger Spinyjaw greeneye Western Indian Ocean 17 SL 1894
Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Southeast Pacific 12 NG 1986
Chlorophthalmus imperator Emperor greeneye Northwest Pacific 17.5 SL 2019
Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Western Indian Ocean 17.7 SL 2013
Chlorophthalmus mento Eastern Central Pacific. 16.6 SL 1899
Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Blackedge greeneye Indo-West Pacific 23 SL 1953
Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Northwest Pacific 1984
Chlorophthalmus proridens Eastern Pacific 13.6 SL 1897
Chlorophthalmus punctatus Spotted greeneye Southeast Atlantic 20 TL 1904
Chlorophthalmus vityazi Western Indian Ocean 21.1 SL 2013
Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Volcano greeneye Western Indian Ocean 18.6 SL 2020
Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Southeast Pacific 1986



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