No, you don't need a saddle.....

Bro these things are BREEDABLE. Imagine a tiny version of these staring into your soul as you take care of it.

Anglers are pretty useful for getting pearls under water. (You can travel them around in fish baskets or cryo pods) but they also drop angler gel which could be useful

The terror birds of the sea the are extremely annoying just like the terror birds on land

Classic knockout tame.

Eats Kairuku Kibble,Raw meat, Raw prime meat etc.

Doesn't need a saddle to ride 'em.

Directly harvests silica pearls.

Bonus : Put points into melee and movement speed.

Other creatures do aggro on you unlike

Ichthyosaurus.

Hope its helpful.

On valgero there all in the abberation cave

Need a lot of pearls ? ... Then you really want a lightbulb fishy :)

29 70 in val they are in the 1st abrent area in waste high water easiest way to get them.

It's a good idea to trap them if you can then they can't swim away, making the taming process alot easier.

Since update these bad boys are amazing for pearls chomp and run. Suggest. Speed and damage

They are easy to get on valguero in the aberration cave. There is a lot of them spawning in the shallow rivers. Just clear out the spinos and crabs. Then just stand next to the river and tranq it. Just be careful. In some of the rivers there's a lot of electric eels also

If you build a base on the rock island in the lake in aberration or the big lake near the surface entrance breed an army of fully mutated anglers, mantas, and eels and set them on wander and aggressive and your lakes will be karkinos and spino free

As of the recently, anglers collect pearls. Ranging from around 40 pearls and up on official servers per bite, melee affecting amount (melee mutation = main goal)

Best creauture in the game for silica pearls, but are week so will need a strong bodyguard

An angler drops angler gel, which is probably one of the longest lasting sources of fire available in the game, but comes at the cost of requiring underwater gear/mounts to effectively get to.

In spite of their small size, these guys can't be grabbed by Xiphactinus

They spawn a lot in the Ice Cave on the Island. Since they’re in a cave they respawn fast too. My tribe leader made it out of there with multiple stacks of angler gel. It was actually starting to encumber him.

Not hard to tame, how and tranq arrows work great, taming is short, and in my opinion with just a decent speed and weight they are not me of the best water tames! Unlike most water tames these guys are small, more maneuverable fast and the best part.. they come with their own headlights!

Since there’s no scuba gloves just give us webbed gloves like a platypus.

Part 6. Whether it's size is caused by adaptation to The Island's other inhabitants, or by cross-breeding with another larger species, Melanocetus anglerpescum is the largest form of Anglerfish I've ever heard of. Typically found among the deepest, darkest expanses of the ocean, this creature preys on smaller fish while being an excellent source of food for larger predators. Melanocetus has an array of bioluminescent light pods at the end of stalks on its head. Like typical Anglerfish, it primarily uses these to attract smaller creatures and trick them into coming close enough for Melanocetus to consume the prey. This often makes wild Melanocetus itself relatively easy to spot among the briny depths.