WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

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Pareques umbrosus

Also known as: Hardhead, Highhat, Jackknife, Ribbonfish, Streaked Ribbonfish, Striped Drum

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
Juvenile
@ncgator · Panama City Florida, United States · June 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found drifting, in pairs or small schools, over mud and sand bottoms, entrances to small caves, of coral and rocky reefs. Front Dorsal Fin becomes smaller with age.
They feed nocturnally out in the open on benthic invertebrates.

Drums are named for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make by beating their abdominal muscles against the swim bladder.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found drifting, in pairs or small schools, over mud and sand bottoms, entrances to small caves, of coral and rocky reefs.

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Juvenile photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusPareques
    7. speciesPareques umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)

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    More in the family

    Drums-Croakers (Sciaenidae)