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Forgot to mention, there is a pretty good market for the meat in their tails which are quite thick. Pretty much available in most of the fish markets locally. For years was considered a “trash fish” but now that stocks of other fish are down it’s being promoted. Sold as Monk Tails.
this was on instagram so not sure where it was shot, but glad you dont think its a wobegong eitherA stargazer of some sort. Where you found it is always helpful, as is size.
thanks it sure does. I saw it on instagram, son had never seen it before.Area?
Looks like Lophius piscatorius.
Definitely a monkfish, also known as a goosefish here in New England. They are quite plentiful and buttf*$@ing ugly. Huge mouths. A football will fit sideways in their heavily toothed mouth. Rows of teeth that curve backwards. They get pretty big, 3 feet or more. Not very good swimmers. Remind me of chickens, they swim up and drop back down to the bottom. Some of the dives we did off Chatham, Mass. had so many of them on the sea floor you didn’t dare set your foot down. Nothing worse than seeing one at night