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Red Drum Order: ______
Red Drum Order: ______
Perciformes
Red Drum Family: ______
Red Drum Family: ______
Sciaenidae
Sciaenops ocellatus Large ______, subterminal mouth, bronze color, dark basicaudal spot, no barbels; to 1.5 m, 43 kg, 40+ yrs
Sciaenops ocellatus Large ______, subterminal mouth, bronze color, dark basicaudal spot, no barbels; to 1.5 m, 43 kg, 40+ yrs
drum
Opportunistic carnivore, ______ predator in shallow marshes, fish, shrimp, and crabs most important
Opportunistic carnivore, ______ predator in shallow marshes, fish, shrimp, and crabs most important
Sexual maturity at 3-6 yrs (♀), fall spawning (♂ drumming) deeper inlets and bays; batch fecundity to 4 million, seasonal 40-80 million; 1-mm eggs hatch in 1 d, 20 d pelagic, then demersal in marshes; offshore movements in 2-4 years to ______ schools
Sexual maturity at 3-6 yrs (♀), fall spawning (♂ drumming) deeper inlets and bays; batch fecundity to 4 million, seasonal 40-80 million; 1-mm eggs hatch in 1 d, 20 d pelagic, then demersal in marshes; offshore movements in 2-4 years to ______ schools
Which fish is commonly known as Red Drum?
Which fish is commonly known as Red Drum?
What is the average size of a Red Drum?
What is the average size of a Red Drum?
Where do Red Drum spawn?
Where do Red Drum spawn?
What is the primary diet of Red Drum?
What is the primary diet of Red Drum?
What caused a severe population decline of Red Drum in the mid-1980s?
What caused a severe population decline of Red Drum in the mid-1980s?
