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Feeding Habits of the Angler-fish, Lophius piscatorius

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IN a recent publication (“The Seas”, by F. S. Russell and C. M. Yonge) a statement is made with regard to the feeding habits of the angler-fish which does not accord with my own repeated observations, and it has been suggested that I should describe the feeding habits of this interesting fish as seen by myself on many occasions in the tanks of the Marine Biological Station at Port Erin.

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CHADWICK, H. Feeding Habits of the Angler-fish, Lophius piscatorius. Nature 124, 337 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124337a0

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