Essential Fish Habitat Source Document: Goosefish, 'Lophius americanus', Life211 History and Habitat Characteristics

摘要

The goosefish (Lophius americanus; Valenciennes 1837), the common name recognized211u001eby the American Fisheries Society (Robins et al. 1991), or monkfish, the name 211u001eused in commerce, is a large, slow-growing, bottom-dwelling anglerfish 211u001e(Lophiformes). 'Angler' is an older common name for this fish. The goosefish 211u001eoccurs from the southern and eastern parts of the Grand Banks, (Newfoundland) and 211u001ethe northern side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to the east coast of Florida (to 211u001eabout 29 deg N), but is common only north of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina). This 211u001eEssential Fish Habitat source document provides information on the life history 211u001eand habitat requirements of goosefish inhabiting U.S. waters.