πRed drum
The red drum, also known as redfish, channel bass, puppy drum, spottail bass, or simply red, is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 25 kg
- Body length
- 1 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 50 years
Everything we know about the Red drum
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass25 kgrecord 45 kg Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length1 mrecord 1.55 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan50 yearsrecord 50 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level3.74FishBaseDetails βHide β
Source: FishBase Β· v25.04, estimate table Β· CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 3.74 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l25 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Red drum yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderPerciformes
- βΊfamilySciaenidae
- βΊgenusSciaenops
- βΊspeciesSciaenops ocellatus
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familySciaenidae
- genusSciaenops
All 11 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familySciaenidae
- genusSciaenops
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