Angler Fish
angler fish
a kind of fish, found in the deep seas
glowing bulb
Special Features:
There are about 200 species (kinds) of angler fish. It is an ugly and angry-looking fish found at the dark bottom of the sea – up to a mile deep below the surface of the water. Some of them grow up to 3.3 feet (1 m) in length. The name ‘angler’ is given to it because of the fleshy growth on its thick large head, which it can move in all directions so that it looks like a small prey, and the fish uses it as a fishing rod with a bait (angling), and when the other fish come closer (lured) to eat that prey angler fish catches them with its big sharp-toothed mouth. (In some kinds, the bulb glows, like a glow worm.) But this feature is found only in females.
[‘Angler’ is a person who catches fish with a fishing rod.]
Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.
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