Biology:Sladenia shaefersi
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Short description: Species of fish
| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Lophiidae |
| Genus: | Sladenia |
| Species: | S. shaefersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sladenia shaefersi J. H. Caruso & Bullis, 1976
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190326/131491584. 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. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1976/00000026/00000001/art00008.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Sladenia shaefersi" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ↑ "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. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/lophiiformes1/.
Wikidata ☰ Q375149 entry
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