Lophius piscatorius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Lophiidae
- Genus
- Lophius
- Species
- Lophius piscatorius
- Scientific Name
- Lophius piscatorius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the anglerfish, frog fish, fishing frog, monk, European angler, common monkfish, sea devil, or devil fish, 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.
...Lophius piscatorius in languages:
- Bokmål
- breiflabb
- Catalan
- Rap
- Croatian
- Grdobina
- Czech
- ďas mořský
- Danish
- Havtaske
- Dutch
- Zeeduivel
- English
- Anglerfish
- English
- Frog-fish
- English
- Angler
- English
- Monk
- English
- common monkfish
- English
- European angler
- Finnish
- Merikrotti
- French
- Baudroie commune
- French
- Lotte
- German
- Seeteufel
- German
- Lotte
- Italian
- Rana pescatrice
- Japanese
- ニシアンコウ
- Portuguese
- Tamboril
- Russian
- Европейский удильщик
- Swedish
- Marulk
- Turkish
- Fener Balığı
- Ukrainian
- Вудильник звичайний
- Ukrainian
- Морський чорт
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