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{{short description|Family of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cuvier-84-Baudroie.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Lophius piscatorius]]'' | image2 = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.837 - Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg | image2_caption= ''[[Lophiomus setigerus]]'' | taxon = Lophiidae | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = [[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1912<ref name = Regan>{{cite journal |author=C. T. Regan |year=1912 |title=The classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Pediculati |journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology |series=8 |volume=9 |pages=277β289 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639034#page/289/mode/1up}}</ref> | authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1810 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }} '''Goosefishes''', sometimes called '''anglers''' or '''monkfishes''', are a [[Family (biology)|family]], the '''Lophiidae''', of marine [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fishes]] belonging to the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Lophiiformes]], the anglerfishes. The family includes 30 recognized species. These fishes are found in all the world's oceans except for the Antarctic Ocean.
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