Angler Fish
a fish called also sea devil, frog, or frog fish; and in Scotland, wide-gab, signifying wide mouth. It is the lophius piscatorius of Linnæus. It has an enormous head, on which are ANGLER FISH placed two elongated appendages, or filaments. These, being movable, are maneuvered as if they were bait; and when small fishes approach to examine them, the angler, hidden amid mud and sand, seizes them at once; hence its name. It occurs along the British coasts, and is three, or, occasionally, five, feet long.