Most famous for its lure, the anglerfish, also known as the goosefish or monkfish, is an angry looking fish with rough skin that can camouflage to look like a rock. Large heads, huge crescent shaped mouths, and tiny terrible translucent teeth are just three of the anglerfish’s characteristics. They grow anywhere from less than 30 cm to about 182 cm long. The female anglerfish are much larger than the males. The females are also the only ones whose dorsal fin grows into a fishing rod-like lure over their mouths. They eat fish up to two times their own size and can live 20 years or more. There are over 200 species of anglerfish that live in the Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. One unique species of anglerfish is the red lipped batfish. You can
