#2295 · 🐟 fish
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
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what is it?
The freshwater drum , Aplodinotus grunniens , is a fish endemic to North and Central America. It is the only species in the genus Aplodinotus . The freshwater drum is a member of the family Sciaenidae, and is the only North American member of the group that inhabits freshwater for its entire life. Its generic name, Aplodinotus , comes from Greek meaning "single back", and the specific epithet, grunniens , comes from a Latin word meaning "grunting". It is given to...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,637 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1819 (207 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Freshwater Drum
- scientific name
- Aplodinotus grunniens
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Sciaenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,637
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1819 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sciaenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49749, Wikidata Q1961720, GBIF 2400265, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.