handfish

en-noun

handfish (plural handfish or handfishes)

An astonishing exception, however, is a single fossil of a handfish, so-named because they ʻwalkʼ on fin-like hands.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 69:

Any of the anglerfishes of the genus Brachionichthys, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.


monk

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

der

A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.


angler

/ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/

From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.

The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius#Translingual


anglerfish

en-noun

anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)

anglerfish (plural)
anglerfishes (plural)

/ˈæŋɡlɚˌfɪʃ/

/ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ/

Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.


monkfish

monkfish (countable and uncountable, plural monkfish or monkfishes)

Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


dreamer

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

A swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)


frogfish

frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)

Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.

2016 October 22, Frogfish turns ghostly white to match a bleached coral, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 15,
Warty frogfish are sedentary seafloor dwellers that can change colour over a few weeks. […] Since the warm waters off the Maldives abound in vibrantly coloured corals, the frogfish there typically sport matching orange or pinkish hues, says Gabriel Grimsditch of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Maldives in Malé.

Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.


devilfish

devilfish (plural devilfishes or devilfish)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-devilfish.wav

Devilfish are rather shy and difficult to approach. However, patience and perseverence^([sic]) usually pay off.

1989, Heinz-Gert de Couet, Andrew Green, The Manual of Underwater Photography, Viesbaden, Germany: Verlag Christa Hemmen, →ISBN, page 214:

Another closely related marine family, the Indo-Pacific Plesiopidae (roundheads), are well represented in Australian waters, with such familiar and brightly colored species as the hulafishes (Trachinops), devilfishes (Paraplesiops), and longfins (Plesiops).

1994, John R. Paxton, William N. Eschmeyer, Encyclopedia of Fishes, San Diego, C.A.: Academic Press, published 1995, →ISBN, page 185:

(dated) Any of several not closely related marine animals:

Certain fish in the genus Paraplesiops; see blue devilfish, Bleeker's devilfish.


batfish

Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.


rosy-lipped batfish

rosy-lipped batfish (plural rosy-lipped batfishes)


red-lipped batfish

red-lipped batfish (plural red-lipped batfish)

A variety of batfish, Ogcocephalus darwini, native to the Galapagos Islands and Peru, which is noted for its bright red lips and inability to swim.


goosefish

goosefish (plural goosefishes or goosefish)


sea devil

An angler fish of species Lophius piscatorius


allmouth

Any of the order Lophiiformes of anglerfish, such as Lophius piscatorius.


footballfish

Any of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae.


antennariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfish.


brachionichthyid

(zoology) Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.


ceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ceratiidae.


chaunacid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaunacidae.


caulophrynid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caulophrynidae of fanfins or hairy anglerfish.


diceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Diceratiidae.


gigantactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gigantactinidae.


himantolophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Himantolophidae.


linophrynid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Linophrynidae.


melanocetid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melanocetidae.


neoceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoceratiidae.


oneirodid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Oneirodidae.


thaumatichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Thaumatichthyidae.


ceratioid

(zoology) Any anglerfish of the suborder Ceratioidei, now Ogcocephalioidei.


sargassum fish

sargassum fish (plural sargassum fishes or sargassum fish)

sargassum fishes (plural)
sargassum fish (plural)

A species of frogfish that lives in sargassum and looks very much like it.