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Mediterranean Monkfish - Blackbellied Angler

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This is a beautiful " Mediterranean Monkfish ". It's also called " Blackbellied Angler ". A deep water predator, caught in south of Turkey (somewhere between Silifke and Northern Cyprus) in April 2016. What do we know about the life of a Mediterranean Monkfish? Depth range 300 - 1013m.  Most of them are between  40cm - 70cm. They like to eat whatever they can catch. Oh, and it's an harmless creature to human. So no worries; it will not attack you.. These are the names of this cute monster in different countries, Latin - Lophius budegassa Spain - rape rojizo Albania - zhaba e detit Turkey - fener balığı Italy - budego Catalonia - rap vermell  /  rap negre France - baudroie rousse How to cook Mediterranean Monkfish? Here a some tasty recipes from BBC  bbc.co.uk/food/monkfish Jamie does it too:  http://goo.gl/AxCtTx