tau·tog also tau·taug 
(tôtôg′, -tŏg′, tô-tôg, -tŏg)
(tôtôg′, -tŏg′, tô-tôg, -tŏg)n.
A dark-colored, edible wrasse (Tautoga onitis) found along the North American Atlantic coast, having a blunt snout and a long dorsal fin. Also called blackfish.
[Narragansett tautaũog, pl. of taut, a kind of fish.]