| Sladenia shaefersi | |
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| Schaefer's Anglerfish from Estuary to Abyss Expedition 2004 | |
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| Shaefer's Anglerfish during Operation Deep Slope 2007 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Lophiidae |
| Genus: | Sladenia |
| Species: | S. shaefersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sladenia shaefersi J. H. Caruso & Bullis, 1976 | |
Sladenia shaefersi is a species of fish in the family Lophiidae. It also commonly goes by the name of Shaefer's anglerfish.[1] It was first discovered in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Colombia and was described in 1976.[2] It grows to 28 cm (11 in) standard length.[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Edward A. Schaefers, the former chief of the Exploratory Fishing and Gear Research Branch of the now renamed Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.[4]
References
- 1 2 Ross, S.; Cobián Rojas, D.; Espinosa-Perez, H.; Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Sladenia shaefersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T190326A131491584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T190326A131491584.en. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Sladenia shaefersi" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ↑ 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.
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