Lophius - Anglerfishes
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Classification
Genus:
Lophius - Anglerfishes
Family: Lophiidae - Goosefishes
Order: Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
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.
There are seven recognized extant species in this genus.