Black and White Monk Fish

Black Olive Braised Monk Fish enhance with Cauliflower Puree and Albufera Sauce

Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish and sea-devils, are well known off the coasts of Europe generally, the grotesque shape of its body and its singular habits having attracted the attention of naturalists of all ages. To the North Sea fishermen this fish is known as the "monk," or "monkfish", a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the angelshark, a fish allied to the skates. The north European species is L. piscatorius, the Mediterranean species L. budegassa.