Lophius

Monkfish; Temporal range: 48.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lutetian to present
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Suborder:	Lophioidei
Family:	Lophiidae
Genus:	Lophius; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Lophius piscatorius; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Discolophius Fowler, 1943 ; Lophidius Rafinesque, 1815 ; Lophiopsis Guichenot, 1867 ;

Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the angelshark, a type of shark. The North European species is Lophius piscatorius, and the Mediterranean species is Lophius budegassa.

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
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[1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

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