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Lophius
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"Fishing-frog", "Frog fish", and "Monkfish" redirect here. For the frog found in West Africa, see Fishing frog. For other uses, see Frogfish (disambiguation) and Monkfish (disambiguation).
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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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Suborder: | Lophioidei |
Family: | Lophiidae |
Genus: | Lophius Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Lophius piscatorius | |
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