A pun on the name “monkfish” is:
Q: What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?
A: Monkfish.
The joke ha been cited in print since at least 2002.
Wikipedia: Lophius
Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish and sea-devils, are well known off the coasts of Europe. To the North Sea fishermen, this fish is known as the “monk,” or “monkfish”, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the angelshark, a type of shark. The north European species is Lophius piscatorius, the Mediterranean species Lophius budegassa.
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06-02-2002, 08:52 PM
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What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout ?
Monkfish !
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October 26th, 2005, 04:58 AM
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What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?
Monkfish!
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What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?...Monkfish
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Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. 103:
What do you get if you cross an abbot with a salmon?
Monkfish.
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Sarah Liversedge
@SarahPug
What do you get if you cross an Abbott with a trout? A monkfish. #fishjokeoftheday
3:19 PM - 2 Nov 2012
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout ?Monkfish !
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What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout ?
Monkfish !
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@RonelleRoberts
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What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?...
Monkfish!
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