Question: are anglerfish and monkfish the same thing?
Answer: The difference between Anglerfish and Monkfish these fish use an outgrowth that can be wiggled so as to resemble a prey animal to lure and catch their prey, whereas monkfish means any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus lophius, such as lophius piscatorius, of the atlantic, having a large head and mouth.