Monkfishes
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. To the North Sea fishermen, this fish is known as the "monk," or "monkfish", a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the angelshark, a type of shark. The north European species is Lophius piscatorius, the Mediterranean species Lophius budegassa....
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Angler
speciesLophius piscatorius
American Monkfish
speciesLophius americanus
Black-bellied Angler
speciesLophius budegassa
Yellow goosefish
speciesLophius litulon
Blackfin Goosefish
speciesLophius gastrophysus
Devil anglerfish
speciesLophius vomerinus
Lophius vaillanti
speciesLophius vaillanti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89607.