Fish ID?
24 May 2002, 10:27 AM
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Can anyone identify this fish?
It's on a menu we want to translate into English, and we're sure as hell it ain't "frog fish" as the dictionary says!
It's on a menu we want to translate into English, and we're sure as hell it ain't "frog fish" as the dictionary says!
24 May 2002, 10:40 AM
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I think it's an anglar fish. Pretty isn't it!
[Edited by Shy Muppet - 5/24/2002 10:43:14 AM]
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24 May 2002, 11:42 AM
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Thanks all.
As "Lobster, shrimp, ugly f**ker" doesn't look so good on the menu, we're going to call it angler fish
Edit - no we're not. "Gastronomic circles, known as Monkfish". Now there's a name I recognise!
BTW, apparenty it grows up to five feet long!! Are you watching, Arron Bird?!
Bon appetit!
[Edited by Brendan Hughes - 5/24/2002 11:46:44 AM]
As "Lobster, shrimp, ugly f**ker" doesn't look so good on the menu, we're going to call it angler fish
Edit - no we're not. "Gastronomic circles, known as Monkfish". Now there's a name I recognise!
BTW, apparenty it grows up to five feet long!! Are you watching, Arron Bird?!
Bon appetit!
[Edited by Brendan Hughes - 5/24/2002 11:46:44 AM]
24 May 2002, 12:27 PM
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Yep, called an Angler fish as it uses the light on the antenae above its head to attract small fish, which it then eats.
I'm sure a Monkfish is something different.
I'm sure a Monkfish is something different.
Another handsome fish (not) - the monkfish
24 May 2002, 01:04 PM
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Coming soon to the BBC, a brand new drama series, featuring JOHN ACTOR as Monkfish - a tough, uncompromising, undercover cop - in, "Monkfish: Undercover Cop".
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Coming soon to the BBC, a brand new drama series - JOHN ACTOR is a
tough, uncompromising VET in "All Monkfish Great And Small".
[int. cowshed. farmers MW, AW and EM are holding a cow still]
A1 MOOOO!
SD Shut it! I'm in charge 'ere. What's the matter with this cow?
MW She's calvin', Monkfish.
SD Doctor Monkfish to you, Wurzel. [to EM] You - put yer knickers on an' go
an' make me a cup o' tea. Two sugars. [to AW] Are you still standin' 'ere?
What do you fink this is, the pony club? In two minutes this floor's gonna
be awash with blood. Now, shift!
[SD stands behind the cow]
SD You - SPREAD 'EM! Out you come, son!
[SD winds his arm back, then- cut!]
tough, uncompromising VET in "All Monkfish Great And Small".
[int. cowshed. farmers MW, AW and EM are holding a cow still]
A1 MOOOO!
SD Shut it! I'm in charge 'ere. What's the matter with this cow?
MW She's calvin', Monkfish.
SD Doctor Monkfish to you, Wurzel. [to EM] You - put yer knickers on an' go
an' make me a cup o' tea. Two sugars. [to AW] Are you still standin' 'ere?
What do you fink this is, the pony club? In two minutes this floor's gonna
be awash with blood. Now, shift!
[SD stands behind the cow]
SD You - SPREAD 'EM! Out you come, son!
[SD winds his arm back, then- cut!]
27 May 2002, 03:04 PM
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It's a species of anglerfish. Monkfish are related to skate, ray and dogfish, and kind of look like a cross between a dogfish and a skate. The mouth on a monkfish is underneath, not on top. British rod caught record for anglerfish is about 95lbs I think.
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