Goosefish
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Goosefishes, sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, are a family, the Lophiidae, of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. The family includes 30 recognized species. These fishes are found in all the world's oceans except for the Antarctic Ocean.
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Goosefish | |
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Blackbellied monkfish | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Suborder: | Lophioidei Regan, 1912[1] |
Family: | Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810 |
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