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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Frogfish_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Frogfish (disambiguation)">Frogfish (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monkfish_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Monkfish (disambiguation)">Monkfish (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Monkfish<br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;"></span><span style="display:inline-block;">48.6–0 <a href="/wiki/Megaannum" class="mw-redirect" title="Megaannum">Ma</a></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"></span><div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap; border:1px #666; border-style:solid none; position:relative; z-index:0; 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background-color:rgb(203,140,55); left:78.116923076923px; width:20.409230769231px;"><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">D</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(103,165,153); left:98.526153846154px; width:20.307692307692px;"><a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">C</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(240,64,40); left:118.83384615385px; width:15.907015384615px;"><a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">P</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(129,43,146); left:134.74086153846px; width:17.092984615385px;"><a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">T</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(52,178,201); left:151.83384615385px; width:19.089230769231px;"><a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">J</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; 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height:8px; left:203.55076923077px; width:16.449230769231px; background-color:#360; opacity:1;"></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:6px; top:1px; left:204.55076923077px; width:14.449230769231px; background-color:#6c3;"></div> </div> </div></span> <a href="/wiki/Lutetian" title="Lutetian">Lutetian</a> to present<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Monkfish.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Monkfish.jpg/220px-Monkfish.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Monkfish.jpg/330px-Monkfish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Monkfish.jpg/440px-Monkfish.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Lophius" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Actinopterygii" title="Actinopterygii">Actinopterygii</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglerfish" title="Anglerfish">Lophiiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goosefish" title="Goosefish">Lophioidei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goosefish" title="Goosefish">Lophiidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Lophius</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">Lophius piscatorius</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Species </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p>See <a href="#Species">text</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a><sup id="cite_ref-CofF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul class="taxonlist"><li><i>Discolophius</i> <small> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Weed_Fowler" title="Henry Weed Fowler">Fowler</a>, 1943 </small></li><li><i>Lophidius</i> <small> <a href="/wiki/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque" title="Constantine Samuel Rafinesque">Rafinesque</a>, 1815 </small></li><li><i>Lophiopsis</i> <small> <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Guichenot" title="Alphonse Guichenot">Guichenot</a>, 1867 </small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>Members of the genus <i><b>Lophius</b></i>, also sometimes called <b>monkfish</b>, <b>fishing-frogs</b>, <b>frog-fish</b>, and <b>sea-devils</b>, are various species of <a href="/wiki/Lophiidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Lophiidae">lophiid</a> <a href="/wiki/Anglerfish" title="Anglerfish">anglerfishes</a> found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. <i>Lophius</i> is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic">North Atlantic</a> fishermen, a name which also belongs to <i><a href="/wiki/Squatina_squatina" title="Squatina squatina">Squatina squatina</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Angelshark" title="Angelshark">angelshark</a>, a type of <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">shark</a>. The North European species is <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">Lophius piscatorius</a></i>, and the Mediterranean species is <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_budegassa" title="Lophius budegassa">Lophius budegassa</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Lophius</i> was first proposed as a genus by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> when he <a href="/wiki/Species_description" title="Species description">described</a> <i>Lophius piscatorius</i> in the <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">10th edition of <i>Systema Naturae</i></a> given as "<i>in Oceano Europæo</i>", meaning the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Seas with localities mentioned including <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montpellier" title="Montpellier">Montpellier</a> in France; <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> in Italy; <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a> in Greece; and Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-CofF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CofF2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofF2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genus <i>Lophius</i> is one of 4 extant genera in the family Lophiidae which the 5th edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Fishes_of_the_World" title="Fishes of the World">Fishes of the World</a></i> classifies in the <a href="/wiki/Monotypic" class="mw-redirect" title="Monotypic">monotypic</a> <a href="/wiki/Suborder" class="mw-redirect" title="Suborder">suborder</a> <a href="/wiki/Lophioidei" class="mw-redirect" title="Lophioidei">Lophioidei</a> within the order Lophiiformes.<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson5_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the Lophiidae <i>Lophius</i> is most closely related to <i><a href="/wiki/Lophiomus" title="Lophiomus">Lophiomus</a></i> with <i><a href="/wiki/Lophiodes" title="Lophiodes">Lophiodes</a>''</i> being the <a href="/wiki/Sister_taxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister taxon">sister taxon</a> to these and with <i><a href="/wiki/Sladenia_(fish)" title="Sladenia (fish)">Sladenia</a></i> as the most <a href="/wiki/Basal_(phylogenetics)" title="Basal (phylogenetics)">basal</a> sister group to the other three genera.<sup id="cite_ref-Misaki_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Misaki-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Lophius</i> means "mane" and is presumably a reference to the first three spines of the first dorsal fin which are tentacle like, with three smaller spines behind them.<sup id="cite_ref-ETYFish_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ETYFish-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The seven recognized extant species in this genus are:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Scientific Name</th> <th>Common Name</th> <th>Distribution </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg/150px-Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg/225px-Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg/300px-Lophius_americanus_museum_of_nature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_americanus" title="Lophius americanus">Lophius americanus</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Achille_Valenciennes" title="Achille Valenciennes">Valenciennes</a>, 1837</small></td> <td>American angler</td> <td>western Atlantic from Newfoundland and Quebec south to northern Florida </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lophius_budegassa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lophius_budegassa.jpg/150px-Lophius_budegassa.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lophius_budegassa.jpg/225px-Lophius_budegassa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Lophius_budegassa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="205" /></a></span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_budegassa" title="Lophius budegassa">Lophius budegassa</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Massimiliano_Spinola" class="mw-redirect" title="Massimiliano Spinola">Spinola</a>, 1807</small></td> <td>blackbellied angler</td> <td>Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius_gastrophysus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lophius gastrophysus (page does not exist)">Lophius gastrophysus</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%ADpio_de_Miranda-Ribeiro" title="Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro">A. Miranda-Ribeiro</a>, 1915</small></td> <td>blackfin goosefish</td> <td>coasts of northern South America, Central America, Aruba, Cuba, and Costa Rica </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius_litulon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lophius litulon (page does not exist)">Lophius litulon</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/David_Starr_Jordan" title="David Starr Jordan">D. S. Jordan</a>, 1902</small></td> <td>yellow goosefish</td> <td>Japan, Korea, and the Yellow and East China seas. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angler_fish.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Angler_fish.jpg/150px-Angler_fish.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Angler_fish.jpg/225px-Angler_fish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Angler_fish.jpg/300px-Angler_fish.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">Lophius piscatorius</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a></small></td> <td>angler, European angler or common monkfish</td> <td>northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius_vaillanti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lophius vaillanti (page does not exist)">Lophius vaillanti</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tate_Regan" title="Charles Tate Regan">Regan</a>, 1903</small></td> <td>shortspine African angler</td> <td>Eastern Atlantic </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_vomerinus" title="Lophius vomerinus">Lophius vomerinus</a></i> <small>Valenciennes, 1837</small></td> <td>devil anglerfish</td> <td>Durban, South Africa as well as northern Namibia where it is found in Indian and Atlantic Oceans </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Lophius</i> monkfishes are characterised by having highly compressed heads and bodies. The frontal ridges have a covering of low, blunt knobs or cross ridges. There is a large spine on the <a href="/wiki/Parietal_bone" title="Parietal bone">parietal bone</a> and there are spines on the lower <a href="/wiki/Quadrate_bone" title="Quadrate bone">quadrate bone</a>. The soft-rayed portion of the <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_fin" title="Dorsal fin">dorsal fin</a> has between 9 and 12 rays and the <a href="/wiki/Anal_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal fin">anal fin</a> has between 8 and 10 rays. The gill opening reaches below and to the rear of the base of the <a href="/wiki/Pectoral_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Pectoral fin">pectoral fin</a>. There are 6 dorsal spines, those on the head are well developed but those behind the head are very small. There are two well-developed spines on the sphenotic bone and one on the epiotic bone. There is a single spine on the joint at the front of the jaw joint and a single interopercular spine. The humeral spine is also well-developed and has 2 or 3 smaller spines on it.<sup id="cite_ref-WIOF_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WIOF-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest species in the genus is the angler (<i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">L. piscatorius</a></i>), with a maximum published <a href="/wiki/Standard_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard length">standard length</a> of 200 cm (79 in), while the smallest is the blackfin goosefish (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius_gastrophysus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lophius gastrophysus (page does not exist)">L. gastrophysus</a></i>) with a maximum published <a href="/wiki/Total_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Total length">total length</a> of 67 cm (26 in).<sup id="cite_ref-Fishbase_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fishbase-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The spawn of this genus consists of a thin sheet of transparent gelatinous material 60–100 cm (25–40 in) wide and 8–10 m (26–33 ft) in length. The eggs in this sheet are in a single layer, each in its own little cavity. The spawn is free in the sea. The larvae are free-swimming and have pelvic fins with elongated filaments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The East Atlantic species is found along the coasts of Europe but becomes scarce beyond 60°N latitude; it also occurs on the coasts of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Several of the listed species inhabit the eastern Atlantic. The section reads as if it was written when there were less recognised species. (January 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The species caught on the <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> side of the Atlantic is usually <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_americanus" title="Lophius americanus">Lophius americanus</a></i>. A third species (<i>Lophius budegassa</i>), inhabits the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>, and a fourth (<i>L. setigerus</i>) the coasts of <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The black (<i>L. budegassa</i>) and white (<i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">L. piscatorius</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Anglerfish" title="Anglerfish">anglerfish</a> both live in deep, inshore waters from 800 metres (2,600 ft) to deeper waters (greater than 1,000 metres or 3,300 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-Landa_et_al_2008_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landa_et_al_2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two species are very similar, with only a few distinctions between them. These include the colour of the <a href="/wiki/Peritoneum" title="Peritoneum">peritoneum</a> (black for <i>L. budegassa</i> and white for <i>L. piscatorius</i>) and the number of rays in the second dorsal fin (<i>L. budegassa</i>, 9–10 and <i>L. piscatorius</i>, 11–12).<sup id="cite_ref-Duarte_et_al_2001_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duarte_et_al_2001-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, minor differences in their distribution occur. Black anglerfish tend to have a more southern distribution (Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic from the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> to <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a>). In contrast, the white anglerfish are distributed further north (Mediterranean, <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> and eastern North Atlantic from the <a href="/wiki/Barents_Sea" title="Barents Sea">Barents Sea</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Duarte_et_al_2001_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duarte_et_al_2001-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite these differences, the overall distribution of the black and white anglerfish tend to overlap greatly.<sup id="cite_ref-Duarte_et_al_2001_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duarte_et_al_2001-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A map of the distribution of anglerfish in the waters surrounding Europe and North Africa can be found in the external links section. The movements of both species of anglerfish indicate mixing of both northern and southern species could have strong implications for the geographical boundaries of the stocks from a management perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-Landa_et_al_2008_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landa_et_al_2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_use">Commercial use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commercial use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ankimo2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ankimo2.jpg/220px-Ankimo2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ankimo2.jpg/330px-Ankimo2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ankimo2.jpg/440px-Ankimo2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Ankimo" title="Ankimo">Ankimo</a></i>, a Japanese delicacy made of monkfish liver</figcaption></figure> <p>Two species, <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">Lophius piscatorius</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_budegassa" title="Lophius budegassa">Lophius budegassa</a></i>, found in north-western Europe are referred to as monkfish, with <i>L. piscatorius</i> by far the most common species around the British Isles and of major fishery interest. Under UK Labelling Regulations, the phrase "monkfish" is only permitted for <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophiodes_caulinaris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lophiodes caulinaris (page does not exist)">Lophiodes caulinaris</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_americanus" title="Lophius americanus">Lophius americanus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_budegassa" title="Lophius budegassa">Lophius budegassa</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lophius_piscatorius" title="Lophius piscatorius">Lophius piscatorius</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both species of <i>Lophius</i> are important because they are commercially valuable species usually caught by trawl and <a href="/wiki/Gillnetting" title="Gillnetting">gillnetting</a> fleets.<sup id="cite_ref-Landa_et_al_2008_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landa_et_al_2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Concern is expressed over the sustainability of monkfish fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-seafoodwatch_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seafoodwatch-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The method most commonly used to catch monkfish, <a href="/wiki/Bottom_trawling" title="Bottom trawling">beam trawling</a>, has been described as damaging to seafloor habitats. In February 2007, the British supermarket chain <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> banned monkfish from their stores.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 32em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSepkoski2002" class="citation journal cs1">Sepkoski, Jack (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class">"A compendium of fossil marine animal genera"</a>. <i>Bulletins of American Paleontology</i>. <b>364</b>: 560. 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Canada: Environmental Studies Research Funds, 2009.</li> <li>Monkfish Fishery Regulations, Northeast Multispecies Fishery, Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 9, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Off the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coast: Environmental Impact Statement. United States: n.p., 1999.</li></ul> <p><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Angler" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angler">Angler</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Angler&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=15&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALophius" class="Z3988"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lophius&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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