Tautoga ontis and Lycodes reticulatus, in Labridae and Zoarcidae, respectively, exhibited Hb polymerization (Table 1), while Ctenolabrus rupestris and Zoarces americanus, in the same two families, did not exhibit the trait (Table 2).
Tautoga onitis Tautogolabrus adspersus 0.001 0.010 Zoarces americanus 0.012 0.041 Cryptacanthodes maculatus Ammodytes spp.
These positions and movements are similar to those of the sua, which is the first sub-category of traditional Rotuman dancing known as the
tautoga. This action, known as the to siu is interpreted by Vilsoni Hereniko, an accomplished playwright, film-maker and scholar and a professor of Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai'i, as 'a mark of respect and a dedication of the dance to the chiefs' (Hereniko et al.
Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of mercury in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and tautog (
Tautoga onitis) from the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA).
Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus), female Tautog, Family Labridae
Tautog or Blackfish
Tautoga onitus--Tautog or blackfish are dark-colored, stout-bodied fish with thick rubbery lips and a long continuous dorsal fin.
This is less obviously the case in Pouliuli, in which the rituals that are observed do retain some of their meaning, particularly the
tautoga, a ceremony of oath-taking with the purpose of evoking confessions.
Identification and seasonal size changes of eggs of the labrid fishes, Tautogolabrus adspersus and
Tautoga onitis, of Long Island Sound.
Abstract--Aging of tautog (
Tautoga onitis) has historically required sacrificing fish to obtain opercula and otoliths.
Increasingly complex substrates appeared to support higher abundance of lobster predators (Centopristis striata,
Tautoga onitis, Tautogolabrus adsperus) compared with habitats dominated by sand (pets.
These were spaghetti worm (Ampharetidae, P < 0.01), sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus, P < 0.01), blue crab (Callinectes sapidus, P < 0.01), grey snapper (Lutjanus griseus, P < 0.05), gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis, P < 0.01), and Atlantic oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinera, P < 0.05) whereas common grass shrimp (Palaemonetes vulgaris) tautog (
Tautoga onitis), common mud snail (Ilyanassa obsoleta), Atlantic mud crab (Panopeus herbstii), naked goby (Gobisoma bosc), clam worm (Nereididae), oyster toad fish (Opsanus tau), spot fin butterfly fish (Chaetodon ocellatus), feather blenny (Hypsoblennius hentzi), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), and purple urchin (Arbacia punctulata) were not significantly different (P > 0.05) between habitats.
Tautoga - tautogs