Talk:Anglerfish
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[edit] Factual Accuracy
I for one question the factual accuracy of this article. I removed a photo of a Monkfish from the article and found other fishy edits in the history. I see that there's also mention of this fish being called "Poor Man's Lobster", which is a common name for Monkfish, so unless I'm misunderstanding something pretty fundamental (are Anglerfish and Monkfish the same animal?), it seems like readers should be put on alert as to the accuracy of this article. tonyboy 00:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)The Angler Fish eats................
You are misunderstanding. Monkfish is a term which can be used for anglerfish of the genus Lophius (primarily around the British Isles). "Poor man's lobster" is a description not a name. Tullimonstrum 15:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Some of the information on this article may not be about anglerfish, but other animals in the Lophiiformes order because "Lophiiformes" redirects to the anglerfish article. B3nnic33 5:56, 05 May 2007 (UTC)
- The name "monkfish" is also used in the U.S. Kostaki mou 01:01, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Odd financial sentence
In Japan each fish sells for as much as 50 cents. The liver alone, considered a great delicacy, can cost $10.It eats>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"The liver alone" implies it has great worth relative to the rest of the fish, but is actually worth a whopping 2000% of the fish? This sounds ... fishy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.109.37.169 (talk) 10:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Consumption
Can the author, or someone else provide any references for this section? None of it makes sense. I find it hard to believe that a fish that lives in aphotic zones are 'widely used in cooking' in Europe. Also, with a fish that costs $150 USD, why would it be refered to as 'the poor man's lobster'? And furthermore, if the liver of the fish can sell for $100USD, why is the rest of this fish only worth $50? All of this is highly suspect. SJM 26 February 2007
At the moment I am doing a coursework over hydrothermal vents and wanted to ask if the Anglerfish lives in ths range of deep sea?
I would say that the $150 and $100 figures come from the Iron Chef Anglerfish Battle (just happen to be watching it at the moment) Vertigo Acid 05:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)where in the world is the
labling of th anglerfish body partd
