Dark-colored food fish

• Oysterfish
• Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
• Wrasse's cousin
• Edible wrasse fish

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
edible marine fish of the Atlantic coast of North America, 1640s, from Narragansett tautauog , plural of taut . Translated by Roger Williams as "sheep's head."

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: blackfish , Tautoga onitis ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The tautog or blackfish , Tautoga onitis , is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South Carolina . This species inhabits hard substrate habitats in inshore waters at depths from . It is currently the only known member ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina ((taxlink Tautoga onitis species noshow=1)).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo["o]l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus ...