Anglerfish
Scientific name: Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Overview
Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the angler, toadfish, sea frog, fishing frog, frogfish, or sea devil, is a species of Lophius in the family Lophiidae. It occurs in coastal and shelf waters of the northeast Atlantic, ranging from the Barents Sea south to the Strait of Gibraltar, and is also present in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. In parts of its range, including the Irish Sea, it supports an important commercial fishery.
From the Wikipedia article “Lophius piscatorius”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
Common names
Also known in English as angler, angler-fish, Angler fish, bellyfish, goosefish, monk, monkfish.
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- عفريت البحر
- Chinese
- 釣鮟鱇
- French
- baudroie, baudroie commune, baudroie, lotte de mer, diable, lotte, Marache
- German
- Anglerfisch, Seeteufel
- Japanese
- ニシアンコウ
- Persian
- ماهیگیر (ماهی)
- Portuguese
- peixe sapo, peixe-pescador, ra do mar
- Russian
- европейский удильщик, Морской черт
- Spanish
- pejesapo, rape, Rape Blanco, Xuliana
- Turkish
- fener baligi, Fener balığı
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q205015, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Lophius piscatorius”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — User Meocrisis on de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Connormah, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026