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What (who) is monkfish - definition
GENUS OF FISHES
Monkfish; Frog fish; Frog-fish; Fishing-frog; Fishing-frogs; Poor man's lobster
monkfish
n.
Angel-fish, kingston, kingstone, shark-ray (Squatina angelus).
monkfish
¦ noun (plural same or monkfishes)
1. an angel shark. [Squatina squatina.]
2. an anglerfish. [Lophius piscatorius.]
Monkfish
·noun The angler (Lophius).
II. Monkfish ·noun The angel fish (Squatina).
Wikipedia
Lophius
Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the angelshark, a type of shark. The North European species is Lophius piscatorius, and the Mediterranean species is Lophius budegassa.
Examples of use of monkfish
1. Sir, Rowley Leigh recently included a recipe for monkfish ("A robust monkfish curry, best served tepid", FT Weekend, July 23/24). Your readers should know of the destructive practice used to harvest this fish.
2. Quotas for Irish Sea monkfish and hake were also given modest rises.
3. Products turned away by U.S. inspectors include toxic monkfish, frozen eel and juice made with unsafe color additives.
4. In Ireland, dozens of protesting fishermen passed out free haddock and monkfish on Dublin‘s famous O‘Connell Bridge.
5. Other products turned away by U.S. inspectors include toxic monkfish, frozen eel and juice made with unsafe color additives.