- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- AULOPIFORMES
- CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE
- Chlorophthalmus
- nigromarginatus
Blackedge Greeneye, Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953
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Blackedge Greeneye, Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953
More Info
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Distribution |
North of Port Hedland, Western Australia, to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, southeast-Indo-west Pacific: Indonesia, east to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, South China Sea and southern Japan, south to northern Australia. |
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Biology |
Greeneyes are synchronous hermaphrodites, and are bioluminescent, with a ventral light organ. |
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Etymology |
The specific name nigromarginatus is from the Latin nigro- (= black) and marginatus (= bordered, margined), in reference to the black margins on the dorsal and caudal fins. |
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Species Citation |
Chlorophthalmus acutifrons nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 3(1): 5, figs 3A, 4. Type locality: Mimase Market, Kochi, Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Blackedge Greeneye, Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953
References
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Gomon, M.F. 2015. Families Chlorophthalmidae, Bathysauropsidae. pp. 547-552 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576.
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Kamohara, T. 1953. A review of the fishes of the family Chlorophthalmidae found in the waters of Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 3(1): 1-6 figs 1-4
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, H.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.
Paxton, J.R. & Niem, V.H. 1999. Families Aulopidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Ipnopidae, Scopelarchidae, Notosudidae. pp. 1919-1927 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Russell, B., Holleman, W., Fennessy, S. & Maunde, C. 2020. Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123322121A123322332. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123322121A123322332.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2020.
