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Tautoga onitis (Tautog; Black-fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The tautog or blackfish, Tautoga onitis, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. This species inhabits hard substrate habitats in inshore waters at depths from 1 to 75 m (3.3 to 246.1 ft). It is currently the only known member of its genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Tautoga onitis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Tautoga onitis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.702 lbs (6.215 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  34 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cape Cod National Seashore II 21724 Massachusetts, United States
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States

Prey / Diet

Dyspanopeus sayi (Say mud crab)[3]
Echinarachnius parma (common sand dollar)[3]
Ensis leei (Atlantic razor clam)[3]
Metridium dianthus (clonal plumose anemone)[3]
Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Morone saxatilis (Striper bass)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Grillotia erinaceus[5]
Homalometron pallidum[5]
Microcotyle hiatulae[5]
Neobenedenia melleni[5]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0