Celebes Monkfish, Sladenia remiger Smith & Radcliffe 1912
A Celebes Monkfish, Sladenia remiger, filmed by an ROV off Indonesia, July 2010. Source: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010. License: Public Domain
A large pale greyish goosefish with a relatively deep body, two dorsal-fin spines on the snout, and a single dorsal-fin spine embedded in a loose fold of skin behind the head.
Celebes Monkfish, Sladenia remiger Smith & Radcliffe 1912
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Distribution |
Off North West Cape to the Exmouth Plateau, Western Australia, and the Coral Sea, Queensland, to the St. Helens seamount area, south of Tasmania. Elsewhere the species occurs the west-central Pacific, including the Celebes and off Hawaii. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin III, 9; Anal fin 7; Pectoral fin 19; Pelvic fin I, 5; Caudal fin 8 (outer 2 rays unbranched); Vertebrae 19.; Head short (~27%SL); snout long (~75% HL); head spines well developed, frontal spines greatly enlarged. |
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Species Citation |
Sladenia remiger Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe 1912, Proc. U. S. Natl Mus. 2(1896): 199, Pl. 16 (fig. 1). Type locality: Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Albatross station D.5605, depth 647 fathoms [0°21'33"N, 121°34'10"E]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Celebes Monkfish, Sladenia remiger Smith & Radcliffe 1912
References
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Caruso, J.H. 1999. Order: Lophiiformes. Lophiidae. Anglerfishes (monkfishes). p. 2004-2012. In K.E. Carpenter & V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome.
Caruso, J.H. & Bullis, H.R. Jr. 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.
Chave, E.H. & Mundy, B.C. 1994. Deep-sea benthic fish of the Hawaiian archipelago, Cross Seamount, and Johnson Atoll. Pacific Science 48(4): 367-409.
Ni, Y., Wu, H.-L. & Li, S. 2012. A new species of the genus Sladenia (Pisces, Lophiidae) from the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 37(1): 211-216.
Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1912. New pediculate fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1896): 199-214 pls 16-27. See ref at BHL
Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 (as Sladenia sp A)
