Goosefish

Goosefish
Temporal range:
Lophius americanus
Lophiomus setigerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Lophiiformes
Suborder: Lophioidei
Regan, 1912
Family: Lophiidae
Rafinesque, 1810

Goosefishes, sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, form the family Lophiidae of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. The family includes 30 recognized species. These fishes are found in all the world's oceans except for the Antarctic Ocean.

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