The Goosefish was described as the mouth with a tail attached. A family member Lophiidae anglerfish deep sea, this ugly, bottom-dwelling species in temperate waters is not a game fish targeted but it is sometimes caught by anglers bottom of the deep sea. More than two dozen species of anglerfish found worldwide, with the U.S. Fish goose greatest among them.
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| Goosefish |
The goosefish was described as the mouth with a tail attached. A family member Lophiidae anglerfish deep sea, this ugly, bottom-dwelling species in temperate waters is not a game fish targeted but it is sometimes caught by anglers bottom of the deep sea. More than two dozen species of goosefish found worldwide, with the U.S. Fish goose greatest among them.
The species distribution of Grand Banks and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. A similar species, but smaller, goosefish Blackfin (gastrophysus L.) occur in the deep waters of North Carolina in the Gulf of Mexico and southern Argentina.
The American goosefish is brown with dark brown mottling and spots. Armlike nearly pectoral fins located midway in its body strongly flattened. small gill slits are right behind them. The head is very important for your body size, and cavernous mouth full of sharp teeth and curved opening. At the end of the first spine is a flap of flesh that serves as a decoy to lure small fish in the capture range of the mouth. If the prey is close enough, the goosefish opens its mouth and sucks his huge domestic victim.
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The goosefish's growth rate is quite rapid and similar in both sexes is about 4 years when they are about 19 inches long. Subsequently, the females grow slightly faster and seem to live longer, about 12 years, growing at just over 39 inches. Their maximum weight of goosefish is 50 pounds, and all tackle world record is 49 pounds, 12 ounces.
