Lophius

Further investigation of the problem was therefore undertaken by continuing the work of Diamare and Rennie on certain of the Teleostei, such as Lophius and Myoxocephalus, in which the islet cells exist apart from the acinar tissue, as the so-called "principal islets".

John Macleod - Nobel Lecture 1965

Looks like an American anglerfish (Lophius americanus).

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A _scole_ of or indeed, a single, devil fish (_Lophius_) when deep in the water, may appear like a shoal; and I think, that of all the various appearances of strange things seen at sea, this monstrous animal is more likely to deceive the judgment into a belief of a submarine danger being where none actually exists, than any other.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 Various

(_Lophius piscatorius_), a fish well known off the coasts of Great

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

[Illustration: The Angler (_Lophius piscatorius_).]

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

A second species (_Lophius budegassa_) inhabits the Mediterranean, and a third

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

Mr. Osbeck, a pupil of Linnæus, mentions the American frog fish, Lophius

Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

Lophius piscatorius-that's "monkfish" to seafood fans-could prove a tasty addition to Greenland's fishery, according to study leader Peter Møller.

National Geographic News 2010

Lophius piscatorius-that's "monkfish" to seafood fans-could prove a tasty addition to Greenland's fishery, according to study leader Peter Møller.

National Geographic News 2010