Sladenia zhui
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| Sladenia zhui | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Lophiidae |
| Genus: | Sladenia |
| Species: | S. zhui |
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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.
Sladenia zhui was first formally described in 1976 by the Chinese ichthyologists Ni Yong, Wu Han-Ling and Li Sheng with its type locality given as Western North Pacific Ocean.[2] The genus Sladenia is one of 4 extant genera in the family Lophiidae which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies in the monotypic suborder Lophioidei within the order Lophiiformes.[3]
Etymology
Sladenia gardineri has the genus name Sladenia which honours Percy Sladen, the British echinoderm biologist. The holotype of S. gardineri was collected during an expedition funded by his memorial trust. The specific name zhui honours Zhu Yuan-Ding, a former president of the Shanghai Ocean University and director of the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, for his important contributions to education about fisheries and science, particularly the ichthyological knowledge of China.[4]