Sharp-tailed Ocean Sunfish, Monkfish 



Economic Importance: None. 



Sharp-tailed Ocean Sunfish 

 Masturus lanceolatus (Lienard) 



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Like the ocean sunfish, the Sharp-tailed Sunfish is cos- 

 mopolitan in the open seas in temperate and tropical waters. 

 Along the American Atlantic coast no adults of this fish 

 have been reported north of North Carolina (possibly be- 

 cause of confusion between the two species of sunfish). 



American Goosefish, Monkfish, Angler 

 Lophius americanus Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Color: Chocolate brown above, mottled with paler and 

 darker browns. Belly dirty white. 



Distribution: Found from Newfoundland south to at least 

 North Carolina. 



