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Definition of Goosefish

goosefish
Angler An"gler, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Goosefish
Goosefish Goose"fish`, n. (Z["o]ll.) See Angler.

Meaning of Goosefish from wikipedia

- are found in all the world's oceans except for the Antarctic Ocean. The goosefish family, Lophiidae, was first proposed as a genus in 1810 by the French...
- standard length of 200 cm (79 in), while the smallest is the blackfin goosefish (L. gastrophysus) with a maximum published total length of 67 cm (26 in)...
- Lophius americ**** is a goosefish in the family Lophiidae, also called all-mouth, American anglerfish, American monkfish, bellows-fish, devil-fish, headfish...
- continental shelf, such as the frogfishes and the Lophiidae (monkfish or goosefish). Pelagic forms are most often laterally compressed, whereas the benthic...
- Lophiodes beroe, the white goosefish or white anglerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lophiidae, the goosefishes, monkfishes...
- Danois, 1971 (Club-bait goosefish) Lophiodes mutilus (Al****, 1894) (Smooth angler) Lophiodes naresi (Günther, 1880) (Goosefish) Lophiodes reticulatus...
- Lophiomus setigerus, the blackmouth angler, blackmouth goosefish, broadheaded angler or broadhead goosefish. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific. Lophiomus...
- A satchel-mouth is a goosefish native to the eastern coast of North America. Satchel-mouth or Satchelmouth or variant, may also refer to: Satchel-mouth...
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- Retrieved 14 January 2023. Banta, A. M. (1941). "Another Avivorous Angler or Goosefish". Science. 93 (2407): 158–158. doi:10.1126/science.93.2407.158.b. ISSN 0036-8075...