Sladenia (fish)
| Sladenia | |
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| S. shaefersi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | |
| Order: | Lophiiformes
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| Family: | Lophiidae
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| Genus: | Sladenia Regan, 1908
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Sladenia is a genus of deep sea goosefishes found in the Caribbean Sea and western Pacific Ocean.
The genus was named for William J. L. Sladen (1920–2017), a Welsh American naturalist, Antarctic explorer and an expert on Arctic.
Species[]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Celebes monkfish)
- Sladenia shaefersi & , 1976
- , & , 2012 [2]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sladenia in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ 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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- Lophiidae
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- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
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