Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and for a world without hunger Aquaculture Department Species Fact Sheets Lophius piscatorius (Linnaeus, 1758) Lophius piscatorius: (click for more) Lophius piscatorius: (click for more) Synonyms Batrachus piscatorius Risso, 1810: 47-49. Lophius piscator Mitchill, 1815: 465-467. Lophius eurypterus Düben & Koren, 1846: 63-72. Lophius piscatorium Pardo, 1919: fide F. de Buen, 1926: 78. FAO Names En - Angler(=Monk), Fr - Baudroie commune, Sp - Rape. 3Alpha Code: MON Taxonomic Code: 1950100101 Diagnostic Features Body and head strongly depressed. Gill openings extending below and behind pectoral fin base. Dorsal finrays VI + 11-12; esca (fleshy appendage at end of first dorsal spine) bifid, composed of 2 broad, flattened, leaf-like blades; dorsal spines II-VI long, stout and bearing numerous well-developed tendrils; length of fouth dorsal spine greater than snout width. Anal finrays 9-10. Peritoneum pale. Colour in preservative highly variable, uniform or mottled light to very dark brown above, white below; dorsal surface of pectoral fin as body proximally, darker distally; ventral surface of pectoral fin white with dark brown band on distal quarter; pelvic fins white with dusky interradial membranes; all fin rays with pale tips; esca as described above, black spot at base; illicium pigmented as dorsal body surface. Geographical Distribution FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Launch the Aquatic Species Distribution map viewer Mediterranean, Black Sea, eastern North Atlantic from Straits of Gibraltar to south-western Barents Sea. Habitat and Biology Benthic,from shallow, inshore waters to 500 m.Feeds mainly on fishes, occasionally sea-birds. Spawning February-July. Size Attains a maximum length of 200 cm; common 20-100 cm. Interest to Fisheries Caught commercially with bottom trawls, gill nets, and bottom longlines. The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 53 322 t. The countries with the largest catches were UK (16 989 t) and France (10 592 t). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, sautéed, broiled, fried, microwaved and baked. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Global Capture Production for species (tonnes) Source: FAO FishStat 60k 40k 20k 0k 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Lophius piscatorius Local Names Arabic : Kott , Zaâl lfoundou . Catalan : Buldroi , Granota de mar , Rap . Danish : Bredflab , Havtaske . Dutch : Hozemond , Zeeduivel . English : Anglerfish , Angler fish , Monk . Finnish : Merikrotti . French : Baudroie , Baudroie commune . German : Seeteufel . Greek : Vatrachópsaro , Vatrochópsaro . Hebrew : Shed yam . Icelandic : Skötuselur . Italian : Martino , Rana pescatrice , Rospo . Japanese : Anko . Maltese : Petrica . Manx : Guilley-pern . Norwegian : Breiflabb . Portuguese : Diabo-marinho , Tamboril . Serbo-Croat : Grdobina . Spanish : Rape blanco . Swedish : Marulk . Turkish : Fener , Fener baligi . Bibliography FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Bini, G. - 1965Catálogo de los nombres de peces, moluscos y crustáceos de importancia comercial en el Mediterráneo. FAO, Rome: i-xv + 407 pp. Buen, F. de. - 1926Catálogo ictiológico del Mediterráneo Español y de Marruecos, recopilando lo publicado sobre peces de las costas mediterráneas y próximas del Atlántico (Mar de España). Resultados Camp. Int. Inst. esp. Oceanogr., 2: 1-221. Caruso, J. H. - 1983The systematics and distribution of the Liphiid anglerfishes: II. Revisions of the genera Lophiomus and Lophius. Copeia, 1983 (1): 11-30. Caruso, J. H. - 1986 Lophiidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead et al., (eds.).Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (FNAM). Unesco, Paris, vol. III: 1362-1363. Fishbase: ICLARM . Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org Lloris, D, J. Rucabado, LL del cerro, F. Portas, M. Demestre & A. Roig. - 1984Tots els peixos del mar Català. I: Llistat de Cites i de referències. Treballs Soc. Cat. Ict. Herp., 1: 1-208. S FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.