angler fish
Noun 1. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey (synonym) goosefish, angler, anglerfish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus (hypernym) spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian (member-holonym) Lophiidae, family Lophiidae (part-meronym) monkfish | ||||
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angler fish
angler fish
n : fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, lophius americanus]
angler fish
n : fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, lophius americanus]
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Anglerfish
Anglerfish are bony fish in the order Lophiiformes, named for their characteristic mode of predation, wherein a fleshy growth from the fish's head (the esca) acts as a lure; this is considered analogous to angling.
Anglerfish are both pelagic and benthic fishes of the abyss (e.g. Ceratiidae) and the continental shelf (e.g. the frogfishes Antennariidae and the monkfish/goosefish Lophiidae) respectively. They occur worldwide. Pelagic forms are most laterally compressed whereas the benthic forms are often extremely dorse-ventrally compressed (depressed) often with large upward pointing mouths.
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