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Sladenia shaefersi Caruso & Bullis 1976

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Diagnostic Description

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This species has the following characters: D I + I + 9, A 6, P 17, V I + 5, C I + 3 + 3 + I; massive body, flattened, but not strongly compressed dorsoventrally; 2 filiform illicia on the head, with the anterior one much longer; spines on head low, blunt, and covered with skin; dermal outgrowths on the skin; body brown with light patterned shadows (Ref. 81023)
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analsoft rays: 6
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Trophic Strategy

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Specimen was collected from coral rubble at a depth of 909 m (Ref. 58471).
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Biology

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Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
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Sladenia shaefersi

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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. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Sladenia shaefersi" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  4. ^ 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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Sladenia shaefersi: Brief Summary

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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. It was first discovered in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Colombia and was described in 1976. It grows to 28 cm (11 in) standard length.

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