: an edible fish (Tautoga onitis) of the wrasse family found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and adjacent Canada
called also blackfish
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Their larger plates will feature Rhode Island tautog crusted with pistachio with spring parsnip and pea chutney; their roasted chicken, served half (for $30) or whole for the table (for $56), will have rainbow root vegetables and morel cream.
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BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
Fiddler crabs are a superb bait for redfish, permit, black drum, sheepshead, pompano, tautog, and more.
—Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
The reef is intended to become a habitat for fish that live in Narragansett Bay, including tautog, black sea bass and scup.
—USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
Their fishing rigs, baited with sea worms and squid and anchored with pyramid sinkers, could not tempt the tautog, who preferred barnacles and crabs.
—Robert F. Kennedy, Town & Country, 1 June 2018
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BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
Fiddler crabs are a superb bait for redfish, permit, black drum, sheepshead, pompano, tautog, and more.
—Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
The reef is intended to become a habitat for fish that live in Narragansett Bay, including tautog, black sea bass and scup.
—USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
Their fishing rigs, baited with sea worms and squid and anchored with pyramid sinkers, could not tempt the tautog, who preferred barnacles and crabs.
—Robert F. Kennedy, Town & Country, 1 June 2018
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“Tautog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tautog. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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