Jones, J. M. 



1879. List of the fishes of Nova Scotia. Proc. 



Trans. Nova Scotia Inst. Natur. Sci., 5 



(append.): 87-97. 



The cunner is "very common during the 

 summer months in harbours and bays." p. 

 91. 



Jordan, D. S. 



1887. A catalogue of the fishes known to 

 inhabit the waters of North America north of 

 the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the 

 species discovered in 1883 and 1884. Rep. U. 

 S. Comm. Fish Fish, for 1885, Pt. 13, 

 Append. E: 789-973. 



The cunner is listed (p. 885). 



Jordan, D. S. 



1891. A review of the labroid fishes of 

 America and Europe. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish 

 Fish, for 1887, 15: 599-699. 



A taxonomic description and synonomy is 

 provided. The habitat of this species is 

 given as "Atlantic coasts of North 

 America, from Labrador to New York." 

 "This little fish is exceedingly abundant 

 about rocks and wharves near shore in the 

 regions where it is found. It reaches a 

 length of about 10 inches, being too small 

 to have much value as food. . ." p. 624. 

 The fish is also noted as being a pest to 

 fishermen by "nibbling" bait from hooks. 



Jordan, D. S. 



1905. A guide to the study of fishes. Holt 



and Co., New York. 599 pp. 



"With this, [Tautoga onitis] and still more 

 abundant, is the cunner or chogset, 

 Tautogolabrus adspersus, greenish-blue in 

 color, the flesh being also more or less 

 blue. This fish is too small to have much 

 value as food, but it readily takes the hook 

 set for better fishes." p. 387. 



Jordan, D. S. 



1917-1920. The genera of fishes. Stanford 



Univ. Ser, 4 Parts. 



The four parts are as follows: Part I, 1917, 

 pp. 1-161; Part II, 1919, pp. 163-284; Part 

 III, 1919, pp. 285-410; Part IV, 1920, pp. 

 411-576. Tautogolabrus is listed (p. 318) 

 as one of the genera described by Giinther 

 (1861). 



Jordan, D. S. 



1923. A classification of fishes including 

 families and genera as far as known. Stanford 

 Univ. Publ. Univ. Ser., Biol. Sci., Vol. 3(2): 

 77-243. 



Tautogolabrus is listed (p. 221) as one of 

 the genera in the family Labridae. 



Jordan, D. S. 



1925. Fishes. D. Appleton Co., New York. 



773 pp. 



The abundance of the cunner on the coast 

 of New England is noted (p. 598). 



Jordan, D. S. 



1929. Manual of the vertebrate animals of the 

 northeastern United States. 13th ed. World 

 Book Co., New York. 446 pp. 



The taxonomic description is given (p. 

 186). Distribution of the cunner is cited as 

 Newfoundland to Virginia. 



Jordan, D. S., and B, W. Evermann. 



1896. A checklist of the fishes and fish -like 



vertebrates of North and Middle America. 



Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish., for 1895, 21, 



Apjjend. 5: 207-584. 



The fish occurs on the "Atlantic coasts of 

 North America, from Labrador to Sandy 

 Hook." p. 411. 



Jordan, D. S., and B. W. Evermann. 



1896—1900. The fishes of North and Middle 

 America. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 47(1-4): 

 1-3313. 



The taxonomic descriptioa and synonomy 



is given (p. 1577). 



Jordan, D. S., and B. W. Evermann. 



1916. American food and game fishes. A 

 popular account of all of the species found in 

 America north of the equator, with keys for 

 ready identification, life histories and 

 methods of capture. Doubleday, Page Co., 

 New York. 572 pp. 



The fish is referred to (p. 476-477) as 

 "one of the best known fishes on our 

 North Atlantic Coast from Labrador to 

 Sandy Hook." 



Jordan, D. S., B. W. Evermann, and H. W. Clark. 



1930. Checklist of the fishes and fish-like 



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