''Sladenia'' is a genus of deep sea
goosefish
Goosefishes are anglerfishes in the family Lophiidae found in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope, to depths of more than . Like most other an ...
es
[ found in the Caribbean Sea and western Pacific Ocean.
The genus was named for ]Percy Sladen
Walter Percy Sladen (30 June 1849 – 11 June 1900) was an English biologist who specialised in starfish.
The son of a wealthy leather merchant, Sladen was born near Halifax, Yorkshire on 30 June 1849. He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar Sc ...
(1849–1900), a British echinoderm biologist. The holotype of ''S. gardineri'' was collected during an expedition funded by his memorial trust.[
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Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[
* '' Sladenia gardineri'' Regan, 1908
* '' Sladenia remiger'' H. M. Smith & ]Radcliffe
Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to:
Places
* Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan
United Kingdom
* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town
** Radcliffe tram stop
* ...
, 1912 (Celebes monkfish)
* ''Sladenia shaefersi
''Sladenia shaefersi'', the Atlantic twospine goosefish or Shaefer's anglerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lophiidae, the goosefishes, monkfishes and anglers. This species is found in the western Atlantic O ...
'' J. H. Caruso & Bullis, 1976
* ''Sladenia zhui
''Sladenia zhui'', Chu's rounded angler, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lophiidae, the goosefishes, monkfishes and anglers. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Sladenia zhui'' was firs ...
'' Y. Ni, H. L. Wu & S. Li, 2012
References
Lophiidae
Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
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