They sometimes call it a goosefish, because it attacks wild geese, but the right name is fishing-frog or angler. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries] Reference
And along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, fishermen used to toss back a toad-colored fish that looked like it was 30 percent mouth and 50 percent stomach: the goosefish. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
It is the lake cusk or freshwater ling and could be utilized on our tables; but the wolffish, the rock blenny, the angler or goosefish, the skate, and twenty other kinds, are of great value as food. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Fishery Resources] Reference
5 The anglerfish or goosefish lives on the ocean floor and uses a fleshy dorsal to attract smaller fish, which it then eats in one gulp. From Wordnik.com. [Five Weird Fish Facts] Reference
Angler fish, monkfish, goosefish, sea toad. From Wordnik.com. [Debito on the recent Cabinet Office human rights survey] Reference
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