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Anglerfish

The anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). Both the order's common and scientific name comes from the characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified dorsal fin ray acts as a lure for prey (akin to a human angler, and likened to a crest or "lophos"). The modified fin ray, with the very tip being the esca and…

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related to Taxonomy · 35
Anglerfish → Acanthopterygians, Batrachus, By, Chaunacops, Chaunax, Chironectes/Antennarius, Cuvier, Dibranchichthys, Dibranchus, Dolopichthys, English, Halicmetus, Halieutaea, Halieutella, Halieutichthys, Halieutoids, Halieutopsis, Latin, Le Règne Animal, Lophidia
related to As food · 15
Anglerfish → Africa, Agujjim, East Asia, Europe, In Africa, In Asia, In Europe, Japan, Lophiidae, Lophius, Namibia, North America, Republic, South Africa, South Korea
related to Evolution · 14
Anglerfish → Adaptations, Ceratioidei, Cretaceous, Cretaceous-Paleogene, Eocene, Given, Italy, Late Cretaceous, Monte Bolca, Other, Paleocene, Paleocene-Eocene, Tetraodontiformes, The
related to Further reading · 13
Anglerfish → Africa, Anderson, Ceratioidei, Eric, Ichthyological Bulletin, Ichthyology, Leslie, Lophiiformes, No, Review, Rhodes University, Robin, Smith Institute
related to Predation · 9
Anglerfish → Because, Central America, In, Lophiodes, One, Pacific, Some, The, This
related to Anatomy · 8
Anglerfish → Antennarius, Ceratias, European, Lophius, Malthopsis, SL, The, TL
related to Reproduction · 8
Anglerfish → In, It, Linophryne, Lophius, T-cells, The, This, When
related to Movement and energy conservation · 7
Anglerfish → All, Demersal, In, Oneirodes, ROV, ROVs, The
related to Esca and illicium · 6
Anglerfish → All, Both, Gigantactis, In, SL, The
related to External links · 5
Anglerfish → Life, LophiiformesVideo, New Scientist, Tree, YouTubeLu

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species deep-sea lophius esca prey fish lophiiformes fin illicium one known may sometimes suborders sea male monkfish sexual frogfish often

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frogfish often camouflaging as rocksinstance ofwith shallow-water species0.80text
sponges or seaweedinstance ofwith shallow-water species0.80text
shrimp or wormsinstance ofor by resembling prey attractive to small fish0.80text
Agujjim.Northwest European Lophius species are heavily fishedinstance ofwhere it is featured as the main ingredient in dishes0.80text
are listed by the ICES asinstance ofwhere it is featured as the main ingredient in dishes0.80text
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyThe0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyEuropean0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyLophius0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomySL0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyCeratias0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyTL0.60section
Anglerfishrelated to AnatomyAntennarius0.60section

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