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Chagos monkfish

Sladenia gardineri Regan, 1908

Status not recordedbony fish

The chagos monkfish (Sladenia gardineri) is a species in the family Lophiidae, order Lophiiformes.

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Quick facts about the chagos monkfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chagos monkfish live?

Not recorded

Is the chagos monkfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chagos monkfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyLophiidae
  6. genusSladenia
  7. SpeciesSladenia gardineri Regan, 1908
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Indian rounded anglerEnglish
  • Tamboril-de-ChagosPortuguese
  • Чагосская сладенияRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chagos monkfish

Other species in the same genus Sladenia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the chagos monkfish?

The chagos monkfish (Sladenia gardineri) belongs to the family Lophiidae in the order Lophiiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chagos monkfish (Sladenia gardineri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chagos-monkfish

MLA

“Chagos monkfish (Sladenia gardineri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chagos-monkfish.

BibTeX
@misc{chagos_monkfish_2026,
  title = {Chagos monkfish (Sladenia gardineri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chagos-monkfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}