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Cunner

Tautogolabrus adspersus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 92, February 80, March 124, April 296, May 545, June 360, July 301, August 276, September 243, October 204, November 119, December 107.
Canada9,503
Quebec2,747
United States2,275
Prince Edward Island808
Massachusetts760
Nova Scotia275
Maine239
New Brunswick212
New York206
New Jersey164

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderWrasses and allies · Labriformes
FamilyWrasses and Parrotfishes · Labridae
GenusTautogolabrus

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