The French and English names of the 

 cunner, (tanche-tautogue; cunner) and 

 several references to Canadian publications 

 citing this species are provided (p. 78). 



Leim, A. L., and L. R. Day. 



1959. Records of uncommon and unusual 

 fishes of eastern Canadian waters, 1950-1958. 

 J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada, 16(4): 503-514. 

 "A record sized, male specimen, 44 cm (17 

 1/4 in.) long and weighing 3 1/4 pounds, 

 was caught off Head Harbour, Campobello 

 N. B., September 9, 1953." p. 512. 



Leim, A. L., and W. B. Scott. 



1966. Fishes of the Atlantic Coast of Canada. 



Fish. Res. Bd. Canada, Bull. 155. 485 pp. 

 A complete natural history of the cunner 

 is given (p. 269-270). Included within this 

 account is information pertaining to the 

 description, common names, distinctions, 

 size range, and biology and economics of 

 the cunner. References are provided for 

 reports relating to the Canadian 

 distribution of the cunner. 



Linsley, J. H. 



1844. Catalogue of the fishes of Connecticut, 

 arranged according to their natural families; 

 prepared for the Yale Natural History 

 Society. Amer. J. Sci. Arts, 47: 55-80. 



"There is a great variety of coloring in the 

 burgall, and this has doubtless induced Dr. 

 DeKay to constitute his new species, 

 'uninotatus;' specimens of which may 

 always be taken in any large collection of 

 the true species, and of which we 

 doubtless have but one, as indicated by 

 Dr. Storer." p. 66. 



Linton, E. 



1901a. Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole 

 in 1898. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. for 1899, 

 19: 267-304. 



Examination of 22 cunners obtained 

 during August and September revealed 

 that most of fish were infected with 

 cestode and trematode cysts. The 

 "immature distoma" encysted within the 

 skin of the cunner are described and 

 confirm the earlier findings of Ryder 

 (1884) concerning trematode cysts. 



Linton, E. 



1901b. Parasites of fishes of the Woods Hole 

 region. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. for 1899, 19: 

 405-492. 



The nematode, cestode and trematode 

 parasites of the cunner are enumerated. 

 Also listed are the various food items 

 found in cunner stomachs; - seaweed, 

 hydroid stems, bryozoa, tunicates, small 

 crustaceans of various kinds (Caprella, 

 shrimps, etc.) and univalve mollusks. 



Linton, E. 



1910. Notes on the flesh parasites of mzirine 

 food fishes. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. for 

 1908, 28, Pt. 2: 1195-1210. 



The cunner is noted (p. 1199-1200) as 

 usually possessing small distomes encysted 

 in the skin and in the fins. These parasites 

 are considered as unlikely to infect 

 humans since they are usually removed in 

 preparing the fish for cooking. 



Linton, E. 



1915. Tocotrema lingus (Creplin). The adult 

 stage of a skin parasite of the cunner and 

 other fishes of the Woods Hole region. J. 

 Parasit., 1: 128-134. 



Cunners are frequent hosts of the cyst 



stage of Tocotrema lingus. 



Linton, E. 



1928. Notes on trematode parasites of birds. 

 Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 73(1929): 1-36. 



The trematode Cryptocotyle lingua is 

 noted to be found "Encysted in gills, fins, 

 and skin of Ctenolabrus adspersus, 

 Tautoga onitis, and other species offish." 

 p. 19. 



Linton, E. 



1934. Some observations on the distribution 

 of helminth Entozoa of fishes of the Woods 

 Hole region (Massachusetts, U. S. A.). In R. J. 

 Daniel [ed.] , James Johnstone Memorial 

 Volume, University Press, Liverpool: 

 121-131. 



The cunner is commonly parasitized by 

 the trematode metacercariae of 

 Cryptocotyle lingua. 



Linton, E. 



1940. Trematodes from fishes mainly from 



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