Anglerfish
Lophius piscatorius · Everything else
Also called monkfish, monk
A huge-mouthed bottom ambusher that lies half-buried on sand and mud, with a fishing lure on its head. Anglers mostly catch it by accident.[1]
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These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.