Research Paper On Monkfish
The deepest depths of the ocean, where life is hard and full of predators, lies the ugly ninja of the sea, the monkfish! The monkfish, a deep sea ninja, is also in grave danger. This is because monkfish are actually endangered due to over fishing. However, to learn why this dark killer is endangered, we will need to know more about mysterious fish itself. The monkfish is a type if anglerfish that lies on the sea floor. It usually has a flat body and dark skin so it can be perfectly hidden under the murky depths of water. Like its relative, the anglerfish, the monkfish has flesh sticking out of its head with a fluorescent bulb that glows which is used to lure lost fish near the monkfish to be devoured instantly by the ninja's large dagger like teeth. However the ferocious, large mouth ugly fish isn't what all monkfish are like. Only females are designed to lure prey, the males in fact are very tiny, and only have one purpose in life, to mate with a female. While the massive, ferocious female swims on the sea floor, looking for food the male would go and bite onto the female. When this happens, the male monkfish's organs and body would fuse and melt into
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This is because of overfishing. Despite the monkfish's foul looks, it's meat is delicate and white like an angel's wings and its liver is used by the Japanese, Americans, Koreans, and French for various dishes. The monkfish is easily overfished because the larger females are edible but they take a long time to mature. In fact the female monkfish grows to adulthood at 9-11 years old only at 70 cm which means that if all these countries want to eat monkfish then they have to wait 9-11 years until the monkfish fully matured. This means because of the high demand, many monkfish do not reach adult hood to mate and reproduce causing the monkfish population to slowly shrink to
This is because of overfishing. Despite the monkfish's foul looks, it's meat is delicate and white like an angel's wings and its liver is used by the Japanese, Americans, Koreans, and French for various dishes. The monkfish is easily overfished because the larger females are edible but they take a long time to mature. In fact the female monkfish grows to adulthood at 9-11 years old only at 70 cm which means that if all these countries want to eat monkfish then they have to wait 9-11 years until the monkfish fully matured. This means because of the high demand, many monkfish do not reach adult hood to mate and reproduce causing the monkfish population to slowly shrink to