Tautoga onitis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Tautoga onitis
    n 1: large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North
         America [syn: {tautog}, {blackfish}, {Tautoga onitis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
   name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
   by him tauta['u]og.] (Zool.)
   An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga
   onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
   adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
   with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish},
   {salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]
   [1913 Webster]