Sciaenops ocellatus, Red drum : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium

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Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red drum
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Channel bass, Drum, Red drum
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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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

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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 / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 10 - ? m (Ref. 9988). Subtropical; 15°C - 26°C (Ref. 127841); 43°N - 0°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Massachusetts in USA to northern Mexico, including southern Florida, USA.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 82.7, range 55 - 80.3 cm
Max length : 155 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3702); common length : 100.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3702); peso máximo publicado: 45.0 kg (Ref. 9988); edad máxima reportada: 50 años (Ref. 32563)

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Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs usually over sand and sandy mud bottoms in coastal waters and estuaries. Abundant in surf zone. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, mollusks and fishes. Utilized fresh and frozen; can be pan-fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 9988)





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción, species profile; pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 15.5 - 27.3, mean 24.2 °C (based on 180 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00523 - 0.01324), b=3.07 (2.94 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.7   ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.6 (2.4 - 3.7) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 16 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.27; tmax=7; Fec~1 million).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (88 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 45.3 [25.8, 87.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.905 [0.462, 1.579] mg/100g; Protein = 21.4 [18.9, 23.7] %; Omega3 = 0.262 [0.127, 0.506] g/100g; Selenium = 38.8 [20.5, 79.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.2 [1.5, 14.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.566 [0.398, 0.828] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.