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{{Infobox Item
|name = Monkfish
|image = [[File:Monkfish.png|Cooked monkfish]]
|release = [[2 May]] [[2006]]
|update = Return of the Wise Old Man!
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|edible = Yes
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|high = 138
|low = 92
|destroy = Drop
|store = no
|exchange = gemw
|examine = A tasty fish.
|weight = 0.4
}}
[[File:Monkfish detail.png|left|100px|Detailed view of monkfish]]

'''Monkfish''' are [[members]]-only [[food]] that heal 160 [[Life Points]] when consumed. During the [[Swan Song]] [[quest]], players must fish [[Fresh monkfish|fresh monkfish]], a non-tradeable quest item that heals 10 Life Points when successfully cooked and then consumed.

Members with at least level 62 [[Fishing]] can catch [[raw monkfish]], gaining 120 Fishing [[experience]] points per fish. Monkfish can only be caught with a [[small fishing net]]. Using a harpoon will only get you tunas and swordfish. In the [[Piscatoris Fishing Colony]], the small net fishing spots will only contain monkfish, while that is also the only place in RuneScape where you can catch monkfish. This requires players to have completed [[Swan Song]].

Members can cook the raw monkfish if they have at least level 62 [[Cooking]], and gain 150 experience if they are successful in doing so.

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==Cooking table==
{{Cooking table
|tools = Small fishing net
|ingredients = Raw monkfish
|fishing level = 62
|fishing method = Small fishing net
|fishing spot = Harpoon/net spot - in [[Piscatoris Fishing Colony]] only
|fishing exp = 120
|cooking level = 62
|noburnlevel = 90 on a range, 92 on a fire (87 with cooking gauntlets).
|cooking exp = 150 (Range)
165 (Bonfire)
|range = No
|instructions = Use raw monkfish with a fire or a range.
|servings = 1
|lp healed = 160}}

==Burn rates==
[[File:Burnt monkfish detail.png|left|100px|A detailed image of a burned monkfish.]]Failure to cook the raw monkfish will produce [[burnt monkfish]] instead.

Burning monkfish on a range becomes impossible after level 90 Cooking. It is for this reason that players are advised to use the cook's [[range]] in [[Lumbridge Castle]] under the level of 85, as this decreases the chance of burning. You could also use the range on Neitiznot, which is closer to a bank and does not require any climbing.

[[Cooking gauntlets]] aid both in the cooking success rate of monkfish and the level at which you stop burning them. If using Cooking gauntlets and cooking on a range, it is exceedingly rare to burn a monkfish after level 86 cooking, and impossible to burn them on a range while wearing Cooking gauntlets beginning at level 87.

===Samples===
At 71 Cooking, players burn about 1 out of every 4 monkfish (based on a sample size of 364 monkfish: 88 were burned) on a range in the cooking guild. On the same range, and with cooking gauntlets, the rate of burn seems to be reduced to about 2/3 of this amount: 1 out of 6 is burned (54/319).

Based on a sample of 4000 raw monkfish cooked, exactly 460 of them were burnt by a player starting with 76 cooking and gaining level 80 and cooking gauntlets on the Lumbridge cooking range. That would be a 11.7% of monkfish burnt.

Based on a sample of 1120 raw monkfish cooked, exactly 72 of them were burnt by a player with 83 cooking and cooking gauntlets at the fire under the Taverley bar. This is a burn rate of 6.4%.

Based on a sample of 2000 raw monkfish cooked, exactly 127 of them were burnt by a player with 84 cooking and cooking gauntlets. That would be approximately 6% of the monkfish burnt.

Based on a sample of 2000 raw monkfish cooked in Neitiznot at level 86 cooking with cooking gauntlets, exactly 6 monkfish were burned, resulting in a burn rate of about 0.3%.

==Comparison with other foods==
*Monkfish are a very popular high level food as they are significantly cheaper than [[shark]]s, but heal almost as many Life Points (160 points versus 200).
*The speed of catching Monkfish in terms of other fish is as follows: [[Lobster|lobster]] > monkfish > [[Shark|shark]].

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==Trivia==
*''Lophius piscatorius'' is the scientific name for monkfish. This is related to the Latin stem ''pisc'', meaning fish, and the Piscatoris Fishing Colony (which is where monkfish are caught) probably got its name for these reasons. The other reason, as shown on the [[Piscatoris Fishing Colony]] page is that in Latin it means fisherman, so it could mean Fishing Colony of Fishermen.
*The value of one monkfish in Mobilising Armies is 47 Investment Credits.

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imported>Duffmaaan at 07:00, 10 November 2012