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Fish Identification Guide
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| This image of an immature fish is poor---I couldn't
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| This specimen courtesy of Ed Braun |
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Monkfish/Goosefish
( family Lophiidae )
Lophius americanus
Also known as the Goosefish.
Flatish, elongate brown body, with narrow tail, and broad almost flattened
head. Mouth broad and full of teeth. Roundish darker spots along
the body. Green Eyes. Two spines on the top of the head near the mouth,
looking like fishing poles. Third spine on the top of the head, followed
by two dorsal fins, the first spiny, the second one rounded with soft rays.
Pelvic fin directly below the second dorsal fin on the tail.
Edible. Commonly sold
in markets as Monkfish or Poor Man's Lobster. |
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