Lophius Americanus vs monkfish

Lophius Americanus and monkfish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Lophius Americanus	Yes	No	No	No
monkfish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Lophius Americanus and monkfish are synonyms defined as:

Lophius Americanus and monkfish: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

Other synonyms of Lophius Americanus include allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte.

Lophius Americanus (noun)	monkfish (noun)
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey	fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
	sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
	flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America