WoRMS taxon details

Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758)

158830  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158830)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution Bay of Fundy to South Carolina, most abundant between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to South Carolina, most abundant between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158830 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds mainly on mussels, gastropods, other molluscs and crustaceans [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to South Carolina, most abundant between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found close to shore to depths of 75 m over hard bottoms, occasionally enters brackish waters. [details]

Importance Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators Striped sea bass [details]

Reproduction Spawns from April in July in groups or pairs, external fertilization [details]
LanguageName 
English tautogoyster-fishchubblackfischblack porgy  [details]
French tautogue noir  [details]