fishing apparatus

fishing apparatus
a mechanism for attracting prey close to the mouth in members of the Lophiiformes formed from dorsal fin spines modified into a fishing rod (illicium) with a lure (esca) at the tip

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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