Monkfishes
Lophius
Members of the genus Lophius, commonly called monkfish, toadfish, sea frogs, fishing frogs, frogfish, 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.
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
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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.