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A stargazer of some sort. Where you found it is always helpful, as is size.

Just saw some other posts, It must be what one guy says, it's a Lophius piscatorius. Here is a copy of what another posted:
Definitely a monkfish, also known as a goosefish here in New England. They are quite plentiful and buttf*$@ing ugly. Huge mouths. A football will fit sideways in their heavily toothed mouth. Rows of teeth that curve backwards. They get pretty big, 3 feet or more. Not very good swimmers. Remind me of chickens, they swim up and drop back down to the bottom. Some of the dives we did off Chatham, Mass. had so many of them on the sea floor you didn’t dare set your foot down. Nothing worse than seeing one at night
 
They can swim allright, passed one in Norway that was above deep water, from one side of the fjord to the other. But it's not a tuna, that's for sure. I'm always happy when I find one, amazing animals.
 
Definitely a Lophius Piscatorius:
Lophius piscatorius summary page
This fish is given different names in various parts of the world. Here in Italy it is "rana pescatrice", which could be translated as "fisher frog".
This is due to the fact that this fish has a small appendix protruding from his dorsal spines, which is used exactly as a fisher's bait. The fish moves it slowly just above his mouth, while staying hidden in the sand. When a small fish attempts to bite that small moving dummy bait, he got eaten in a single chunk...
In this photo you see that bait:
Schede-ittiche-e-alimentari-pesci-rana-pescatrice-2.jpg

As already pointed out, this is an appreciated edible fish, you find it quite often at the fish market. Usually they sell only the tail...
 

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