Anglerfish
Lophiiformes
Not Kosher
Has fins but no scales
Fins
Yes
Scales
No
Description
Anglerfish in the family Lophiidae are sold as monkfish or goosefish, and the tail meat is widely cooked and often compared to lobster in taste and texture. In Japan the liver, called ankimo, is a delicacy, and South Korea uses anglerfish in dishes like agujjim.
Anglerfish occur worldwide. Most are bottom-dwelling fish, with some deep-sea species living in open water and others, like the frogfishes and some batfishes, in shallower water. Deep-sea anglerfish use a glowing lure tipped with bioluminescent bacteria to draw in prey.
Also known as
- monkfish
- goosefish
Anglerfish in foreign languages
| Scientific | Lophiiformes |
| Hebrew | חכאים |
| Arabic | أبو الشص |
| Portuguese | Pediculati |
| French | Poisson-pêcheur |
| Italian | Lofiformi |
| German | Armflosser |
| Russian | Удильщикообразные |
| Turkish | Fenersiler |
| Chinese | 𩽾𩾌目 |
| Japanese | アンコウ目 |
| Korean | 아귀목 |
| Vietnamese | Bộ Cá vây chân |
| Thai | ปลาตกเบ็ด |
| Indonesian | Anglerfish |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- Has fins but no true scales, so it is not kosher.
- Northeast Atlantic monkfish stocks are heavily fished and listed by ICES as outside safe biological limits.