World Species : Lophius piscatorius (Monkfish; Monk; Anglerfish; Angler; Angler fish)

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Lophius piscatorius (Monkfish; Monk; Anglerfish; Angler; Angler fish)

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Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the angler, is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae. It is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Within some of its range, including the Irish Sea, this species comprises a significant commercial fishery.

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Adult Weight ^[1]	69.964 lbs (31.735 kg)

Female Maturity ^[2]	4 years 6 months
Male Maturity ^[1]	4 years 6 months

Maximum Longevity ^[2]	24 years

Parasitized by
Acanthocephaloides propinquus	^[5]
Anisakis pegreffii	^[5]
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Bothriocephalus scorpii	^[5]
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis	^[5]
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Corynosoma strumosum	^[5]
Derogenes varicus	^[5]
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Dinurus longisinus	^[5]
Echinorhynchus gadi	^[5]
Gonocerca crassa	^[5]
Grillotia erinaceus	^[5]
Grillotia heptanchi	^[5]
Hemiurus levinseni	^[5]
Hepatoxylon trichiuri	^[5]
Hysterothylacium aduncum	^[5]
Hysterothylacium fabri	^[5]
Hysterothylacium increscens	^[5]
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Hysterothylacium rigidum	^[5]
Lecithaster gibbosus	^[5]
Lecithochirium floridense	^[5]
Lecithochirium musculus	^[5]
Lecithochirium physcon	^[5]
Lecithochirium rufoviride	^[5]
Nybelinia lingualis	^[5]
Podocotyle reflexa	^[5]
Prosorhynchoides gracilescens	^[5]
Prosorhynchoides meridionalis	^[5]
Prosorhynchus squamatus	^[5]
Pseudoterranova decipiens	^[5]
Raphidascaris chirocentri	^[5]
Raphidascaris wangi	^[5]
Rhynchobothrium adenoplusius	^[5]
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Scolex pleuronectis	^[5]
Siphoderina brotulae	^[5]
Spinitectus cristatus	^[5]
Stephanostomum cesticillus	^[5]
Stephanostomum kovalevae	^[5]
Stephanostomum lophii	^[5]
Steringophorus furciger	^[5]
Synaptobothrium caudiporum	^[5]
Tentacularia coryphaenae	^[5]
Zoogonoides viviparus	^[5]

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♦ ¹de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ ²Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ ³Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ ⁴"The diet and trophic ecology of anglerfish Lophius piscatorius at the Shetland Islands, UK", C.H. Laurenson and I.G. Priede, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 85 / Issue 02 / April 2005, pp 419-424
♦ ⁵Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

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Lophius piscatorius (Monkfish; Monk; Anglerfish; Angler; Angler fish)

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