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Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte 1840 chlōrós (Gr. χλωρός), green; ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, referring to green eyes of C. agassizi
Chlorophthalmus acutifrons Hiyama 1940 acutus (L.), sharp or pointed; frons (L.), face, brow or forehead, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to more pointed head compared with the similar C. albatrossis
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte 1840 in honor of Swiss-born American zoologist-geologist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), “whose antediluvian research will yield his a more lasting name for centuries” (translation)
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis Jordan & Starks 1904 –is, Latin genitive singular of: U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, which dredged holotype off the coast of Japan
Chlorophthalmus atlanticus Poll 1953 –icus (L.), belonging to: tropical Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs
Chlorophthalmus borealis Kuronuma & Yamaguchi 1941 Latin for northern, referring to its northernly distribution compared with two congeners in Japanese waters, C. albatrossis and C. acutifrons
Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis Mead 1958 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: off northern Brazil, type locality
Chlorophthalmus chalybeius (Goode 1881) Latin for iron-colored, from chalubḗïos (Gr. χαλυβήϊος), made of iron, described as “grayish mottled with brown, scales metallic silvery”
Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock 1894 cornis (L.), horn; -iger (L.), to have or bear, referring to “pair of strong flat spines on either side of the salient mandibular symphysis”
Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri Kotlyar & Parin 1986 in honor of the fishery research vessel Ichthyandr (also spelled Ikhtiandr), which collected the first specimens
Chlorophthalmus imperator Fujiwara, Wada & Motomura 2019 Latin for emperor, referring to Emperor Seamount Chain, central North Pacific, type locality
Chlorophthalmus mascarensis Kobyliansky 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: submarine rises of the Mascarene Ridge, Western Indian Ocean, type locality
Chlorophthalmus mento Garman 1899 from mentum (L.), chin, referring to how produced chin forms an angle at its extremity
Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus Kamohara 1953 nigro-, from niger (L.), dark or black; marginatus (L.), edged or bordered, referring to dorsal and caudal fins edged with black
Chlorophthalmus pectoralis Okamura & Doi 1984 Latin for pectoral, referring its long pectoral fins, nearly equal to length of head
Chlorophthalmus productus Günther 1887 Latin for lengthened or prolonged, referring to longer snout compared with C. agassizi
Chlorophthalmus proridens Gilbert & Cramer 1897 próra (Gr. πρώρα), prow,; dens (L.), tooth, presumably referring to anterior series of symphyseal teeth, “directed horizontally forward”
Chlorophthalmus punctatus Gilchrist 1904 Latin for spotted, referring to minute black spots that cover head, body and fins, and cause the scale rows “to stand out very markedly”
Chlorophthalmus vityazi Kobyliansky 2013 in honor of the research vessel Vityaz (also spelled Vitiaz), which collected holotype
Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Fricke & Durville 2020 –anus (L.), belonging to: Vulcan, Roman God of Fire (including the fire of volcanoes), referring to type locality on slope of La Réunion volcano
Chlorophthalmus zvezdae Kotlyar & Parin 1986 named for the fishing trawler Zvezda (meaning “star”), which collected holotype
Parasudis Regan 1911 pará (Gr. παρά), beside or near, presumably referring to close relationship to and/or similarity with Sudis (Sudidae), which were placed in the same family at the time
Parasudis fraserbrunneri (Poll 1953) in honor of British ichthyologist Alec Fraser-Brunner (1906–1986), British Museum (Natural History), who compared this species with P. truculenta and determined they are distinct
Parasudis truculenta (Goode & Bean 1896) Latin for harsh, cruel or brutish, defined as “Savage-looking” by the authors, presumably referring to their opinion of the fish’s appearance