Goosefish
| Goosefish | |
|---|---|
| Lophius piscatorius | |
| Lophiomus setigerus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Suborder: | Lophioidei Regan, 1912 |
| Family: | Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Genera | |
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Goosefishes, sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, are a family, the 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.