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title: "Cunner"
description: "Tautogolabrus adspersus — Peixes. The cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus), also known as the blue perch, bergall, chogset, choggie, conner or sea perch, is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Atlantic, where it is found from the Gulf of St."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cunner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cunner

> Tautogolabrus adspersus — Peixes. The cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus), also known as the blue perch, bergall, chogset, choggie, conner or sea perch, is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Atlantic, where it is found from the Gulf of St.

- Scientific name: *Tautogolabrus adspersus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1808
- Wikidata: [Q1884642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1884642)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51390](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51390)

## Names

- en: Cunner
- fr: Tanche-tautogue

## Countries with the most observations

US (907), CA (620), PM (7)

## Summary

The cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus), also known as the blue perch, bergall, chogset, choggie, conner or sea perch, is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Atlantic, where it is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland to the Chesapeake Bay.  They inhabit inshore waters living near the sea floor at depths from 10 to 128 m (33 to 420 ft), preferring areas with beds of seaweed, shipwrecks, or wharf pilings.  They  spend the winter months in a state of torpor underneath rocks.   They can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Often, cunner is found mixed in with tautogs, living on or near the same…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunner

## Photo

![Cunner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cunner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282381623

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cunner?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).