WoRMS taxon details
Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
158830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158830)
accepted
Species
Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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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. (2026). FishBase. Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158830 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [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]
[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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tautogoyster-fishchubblackfischblack porgy | [details] |
| French | tautogue noir | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (245 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tautoga onitis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tautoga onitis P04705 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tautoga onitis RAD117188-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (245 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tautoga onitis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tautoga onitis P04705 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tautoga onitis RAD117188-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
