You can sponsor this page

Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red drum
Adicionar as suas observações no Fish Watcher
Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Sciaenops ocellatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Adicionar o seu Fotografias e vídeos
 Pictures | Imagem do Google
Image of Sciaenops ocellatus (Red drum)
Sciaenops ocellatus
Picture by Lovshin, L.

United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Channel bass, Drum, Red drum
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: protected | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Regulators have largely reserved the species for recreational fishing (Ref. 9988). Presently farmed in Texas (Ref. 9988).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tambour rouge, Corvinón ocelado, 眼斑拟石首鱼, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Sciaenops: Greek, skiaina, skion = a fish, red mullet + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; estuarina demersal; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 10 - ? m (Ref. 9988).   Subtropical; 15°C - 26°C (Ref. 127841); 43°N - 0°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2055 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2055): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1230): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2055