Sorry no pics (we didn't think fast enough), looks like a cross between a tautog and a black sea bass caught yesterday just outside Plymouth Harbor jigging.

Mouth full of teeth, mottled black brown really slimy, about 12".

Any ideas?

prob a monk fish

Cunner or as most call them choggie .........They get big out there

What kind of teeth?
Pointed like a shark or a bluefish, or flat/rounded like beaver buck teeth?
Was it a flat fish like a lounder, or a free swimmer like a scup?


If it is the second of each choice, it could be a tog, or a large cunner.

Slob choggie
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almost 100% its a cunner

Thanks all and no wonder it looks so much like a tautog, the cunner's sci name is: Tautogolabrus adspersus.

We caught a small cunner earlier in the day and I.D.'d it right away but never thought about this being the mommy!
Lots of pointy teeth behind those sweet, little tog lips.

A Chogset