They eat crustaceans, shrimp other fish and snails. Females have a part of their spine that comes over their mouths that have bait at the ends to catch their prey. They can swallow prey up to twice their size because their mouths are so big and their bodies are so flexible.

Do angler fish eat meat?

The Anglerfish Diet is meaty and these naughty-looking fish are not eaten picket. From crustaceans to large fish, species can greed with fleshy, ball-like organs that swallow almost any creature that clings to their mouths, called photophores.

What type of fish do anglerfish eat?

The female anglerfish will eat just about anything that it comes into contact with, even if it is larger. The main diet of the deep sea angler consists mainly of small fish, shrimp, like the Mantis Shrimp, small squid, turtle, and in some cases sea birds (creatures of the deep).