Fish

Monkfish

Lophius piscatorius

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic A single ocean

Depth

About 20 to 1,000 m

Size

Up to 2 m and nearly 58 kg, often 1 m

Diet

Fish, crabs, lobsters, squid, sometimes seabirds

Zone

The sea floor · 200 – 3,500 m

Key facts

• It half-buries itself in the sand and waits for its prey without moving.
• The first ray of its dorsal fin carries a fleshy lure that it waves in front of its mouth.
• Seabirds have sometimes been found in its stomach.
• It lives near the coast but may descend to 2,000 m to spawn.

Verified sources

1. FishBase : Lophius piscatorius
2. MarLIN : Angler fish (Lophius piscatorius)

In the game: To observe

In the same zone

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