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Tautog

Tautoga onitis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 24, February 22, March 27, April 43, May 80, June 37, July 31, August 33, September 34, October 34, November 25, December 23.
United States1,584
Massachusetts414
New Jersey409
New York354
Rhode Island105
Virginia93
Connecticut92
North Carolina50
Maryland42
Delaware26

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
GenusTautoga

Sources

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Practise Tautog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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