Monkfish

lotte, Lophius

Members of the genus lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the atlantic and indian oceans. lophius is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the north sea and north atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to squatina squatina, the angelshark, a type of shark. the north european species is lophius piscatorius, and the mediterranean species is lophius budegassa.

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