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Spinyjaw greeneye (Chlorophthalmus corniger)
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Spinyjaw greeneye (Chlorophthalmus corniger) specimen
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Chlorophthalmidae

Spinyjaw greeneye

Chlorophthalmus corniger

Nineteen Point Five Centimeters Chlorophthalmid Fish of Philippine Waters

  • Blue
  • Green
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium

Spinyjaw greeneye is known around Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 19.5 cm.

Maximum length
19.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: southern Indonesia (off the south coast of Java) and SW Thailand to India (off Chennai, Tuticorin and Kerala), the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Records from the Philippines, the South China Sea and elsewhere in the western Pacific Ocean are misidentifications.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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