Common name: Tautog
Scientific name: Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Class:
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Order:
Perciformes (Perch-like Fishes)
Family:
Labridae (wrasses)
Synonyms:
Other common names:

Habitat type(s):
Habitat description(s)

Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

Conservation:
Global conservation status rank:
GNR
Not Ranked - Global conservation status not yet assessed.
State conservation status rank:
S3
Vulnerable in New York - Vulnerable to disappearing from New York due to rarity or other factors (but not currently imperiled); typically 21 to 80 populations or locations in New York, few individuals, restricted range, few remaining acres (or miles of stream), and/or recent and widespread declines.
Federal protection:
Not Listed
State protection:
Game with open season
Defined as a Game species by New York State law, and there are open seasons set when the species may be legally hunted or trapped.
SGCN:
NYNHP track status:
N: Do not track

More information:
Conservation guide:
None
NatureServe explorer link:
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101526/Tautoga_onitis/