Sladenia (fish)
| Sladenia | |
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| S. shaefersi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Lophiidae |
| Genus: | Sladenia Regan, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Sladenia gardineri Regan, 1908
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Sladenia is a genus of deep sea goosefishes[1] found in the Caribbean Sea and western Pacific Ocean.
The genus was named for Percy Sladen (1849–1900), a British echinoderm biologist. The holotype of S. gardineri was collected during an expedition funded by his memorial trust.[2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][3]
- Sladenia gardineri Regan, 1908
- Sladenia remiger H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Celebes monkfish)
- Sladenia shaefersi J. H. Caruso & Bullis, 1976[4]
- Sladenia zhui Y. Ni, H. L. Wu & S. Li, 2012 [5]
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sladenia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sladenia". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ Caruso, John H.; Bullis, Harvey R. (1976). "A review of the lophiid angler fish genus Sladenia, with a description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea". Bulletin of Marine Science. 26 (1): 59–64.
- ^ Ni, Yong; Wu, Han-Lin; Li, Sheng (2012). "A new species of the genus Sladenia (Pisces, Lophiidae) from the East China Sea and the South China Sea". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 37 (1): 211–216.
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