. "* Labrus onitis (Linnaeus, 1758)" . . . "Genus:" . . "Tautog"@en . . "VU" . "* Hiatula (Lac\u00E9p\u00E8de, 1800) (preoccupied inMollusca)" . . "iucn3.1" . . "Species:" . "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 1 to 75 m (3.3 to 246.1 ft). It is currently the only known member of its genus.Barlett (1848) wrote, \"[Tautaug] is a Native American word, and may be found in Roger Williams' Key to the Indian Language.\" The name is from the Narragansett language, originally tautauog (pl."@en . . .