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cun·ner

(kŭn′ər)

A small brownish wrasse (Tautogolabrus adspersus) of northern North American Atlantic waters.

[Perhaps alteration of conner, one who cons (guides a ship); see con³.]

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cunner

(ˈkʌnə)

1. (Fishing) a fish (Crenilabrus melops) of the wrasse family found in British coastal areas. Also called: gilt-head

2. (Fishing) a salt-water fish (Tautogolabrus adspersus) found in western Atlantic areas. Also called: bergali or conner

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cun•ner

(ˈkʌn ər)

n.

a small Atlantic wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus.

[1595–1605; orig. uncertain]

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cunner - common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States

bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersus

wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

genus Tautogolabrus, Tautogolabrus - a genus of Labridae

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The scallop juveniles that have settled directly on the sediment bottom in areas devoid of eelgrass likely suffer huge losses from predation by sand shrimp, mud crabs, and small fishes such as gobies, Gobiosoma bosc; juvenile cunners, Tautogolabrus adspersus; and scup, Stenotomus versicolor, that prey on juvenile scallops of about 12 mm in height.

Scallop larvae also set directly on the bottom and those likely suffer large losses from predation by sand shrimp, small Xanthid crabs, and small fishes, such as gobies, Gobiosoma bosc; and juvenile cunners, Tautogolabrus adspersus.

Large Shifts in Commercial Landings of Estuarine and Bay Bivalve Mollusks in Northeastern United States after 1980 with Assessment of the Causes

Predation upon postlarval lobsters Homarus americanus by cunners Tautogolabrus adspersus and mud crabs Neopanope sayi on three different substrates: eelgrass, mud and rocks.

Effects of prior experience on shelter-seeking behavior of juvenile American lobsters

Paradoxical effect of cadmium exposure on antibody responses in two fish species: inhibition in cunners (Tautoglabrus adspersus) and enhancement in striped bass (Morone saxatilis).

Effects of different dietary cadmium levels on growth and tissue cadmium content in juvenile parrotfish, Oplegnathus fasciatus

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Paradoxical effects of cadmium on antibacterial antibody responses in two fish species: inhibition in cunners (Tautogolabrus adspersus) and enhancement in striped bass (Morone saxatilis).

Examples of the effects of sublethal doses of single pollutants on immune-system suppression include the effect of cadmium exposure on antibody response in the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus (Robohm 1986) and on cellular response in rainbow trout (Thuvander & Carlstein 1991) as well as the effects of copper in increasing susceptibility of salmonids to IHN virus (Hetrick et al.

Effects of environmental stressors on disease susceptibility in American lobsters: a controlled laboratory study

Differential spawning success among territorial male cunners, Tautogolabrus adspersus (Labridae).

Adult and sexually mature male and female cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) were exposed to 17[beta]-estradiol, ethynylestradiol, or estrone, three steroidal estrogens that elicit the vitellogenic response.

In this article, we report on the correlation between measures of reproductive output in laboratory studies with adult cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) and the widely used indicator of estrogen exposure, male plasma vitellogenin expression.

In this article, we report on the correlation between measures of reproductive output in laboratory-exposed adult cunner of both sexes and male plasma vitellogenin expression.

Relationship between reproductive success and male plasma vitellogenin concentrations in cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus. (Research)

Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus--Also called bergall, cunner are moderately slender with a pointed snout.