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Red Drum

Sciaenops ocellatus

Also known as: Bull Red, Channel Bass, Puppy Drum, Rat Red, Red, Red Bass, Redfish, Spot-tail, Spot-tail Bass, Spotted Bass, Tropical Bass, Tropical Sea Bass

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
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Adult
@SurfFishingFan · Duck, North Carolina, United States · August 20091 / 5
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Overview

Found singly in surge zones over mud, sand and seagrass beds of estuaries and coastal reefs.
Juveniles found in shallow estuaries and seashores.

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
spots
Behaviour
makes soundssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic
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Found singly in surge zones over mud, sand and seagrass beds of estuaries and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusSciaenops
    7. speciesSciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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