While there is actually a species of Fish known as the monkfish, this one that makes this story, is named such because it was said to have physically resembled an actual Monk. The story was reported in the early 1500’s by fishermen who claimed to have seen the creature and described it as follows: It supposedly had a horrendous head with two long fins that were almost as long as arms. It had a feature on the top of its head that resembled the monk’s tonsure, and even allegedly had a scaly protuberance that matched the proportions of a human nose.
