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( Lophius piscator i us ), also from its habits and appearance called Fishing-frog and Sea-devil , a remarkable fish often found on the British coasts. It is from 3 to 5 feet long; the head is very wide, depre ed, with protuberances, and bearing long separate movable tendrils; the mouth is capacious, and armed with formidable teeth. Its voracity is extreme, and it is said to lie concealed in the mud, and attract the smaller fishes within its reach by gently waving the filamentous appendages on its head.