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Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The Red Drum is found from Massachusetts (U.S.A.) to northern Mexico (Robins and Ray 1986).
The Red Drum is found along the coast from New York to Florida (U.S.A.), west to Laguna Madre, Mexico. It is most abundant from Florida to Texas. (Boschung et al. 1983)
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The Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) is an important game fish, popular with surfcasters, that is found from Massachusetts (U.S.A.) to northern Mexico. Red Drum travel in schools during their spring and fall migrations. They are known as Redfish in Florida and along the Gulf Coast and as Channel Bass in many other regions. Large specimens (which are usually well under 1.5 meters) are knowsn as "bullreds", while smaller ones are known as "ratreds". (Boschung et al. 1983; Robins and Ray 1986)
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See Map (including site records) of Distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Global Endemism: All species, TEP non-endemic, Exotic (Introduced)
Regional Endemism: All species, Eastern Pacific non-endemic, Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
Residency: Resident
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
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The red drum and the spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, are the only two local species of drums without chin barbels (Robins et al. 1986). The spot has a distinctly forked caudal fin, a brown dot on the shoulder, and 12-15 narrow, dark diagonal lines on the upper body. The average size of L. xanthurus typically does not exceed 36 cm (see "Age, Size, Lifespan" below for the red drum).
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In an analysis of stomach contents of Red Drum in Galveston Bay, Texas, Scharf and Schlicht (2000) found significant seasonal patterns in diet. The diet was dominated by White Shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) during fall and Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) during spring. Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) was an important component of Red Drum diets during both seasons. In the fall, White Shrimp were present in between about a quarter and two thirds of 598 stomachs examined and accounted for between a third and two thirds of the diet. The spring diet of Red Drum was dominated by fishes, which represented over 97% of the diet by number and over 80% by weight. Of these fishes, Gulf Menhaden accounted for 95% of the diet by number and nearly 70% of the diet by weight (the authors note, however, that these totals are somewhat skewed by the fact that a few individual Red Drum stomachs contained as many as 100 to 200 Gulf Menhaden: frequency of occurrence in Red Drum stomachs was only 35%).
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Not Evaluated
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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts in USA to northern Mexico, including southern Florida, USA
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Sciaenops ocellatus (Red drum) preys on:
Mugilidae
benthic invertebrates
Actinopterygii
Callinectes sapidus
Elasmopus levis
Lembos rectangularis
Acunmindeutopus naglei
Melita
Synchelidium
Ampithoe longimana
Cymadusa compta
Batea catharinensis
Listriella barnardi
Lysianopsis alba
Caprella penantis
Amphipoda
Pagurus
Pagurus maclaughlinae
Pinixia floridana
Neopanope texana
Alpheus normani
Hippolyte zostericola
Processa bermudiensis
Penaeus duoarum
Palaemonetes floridanus
Amphitritidae
Pectanaridae
Hylina veliei
Syllidae
Orbiniidae
Paraonidae
Spionidae
Cirratulidae
Capitellidae
Maldanidae
Aricidea
Jaspidella jaspidea
Nemertines
Nereidae
Hesionidae
Glyceridae
Onuphidae
Leiostomus xanthurus
Laridae
Cyprinodon variegatus
Anatidae
Fundulus confluentus
Fundulus similis
Adinia xenica
Based on studies in:
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- W. M. Kemp, W. H. B. Smith, H. N. McKellar, M. E. Lehman, M. Homer, D. L. Young and H. T. Odum, Energy cost-benefit analysis applied to power plants near Crystal River, Florida. In: Ecosystem Modeling in Theory and Practice: An Introduction with Case His
- Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124
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Management Requirements: See Arnold et al. (1988).
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