#2358 · 🐟 fish
Red Drum
🇳🇱 Rode trommelvis ·Sciaenops ocellatus
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what is it?
The red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ), also known as channel bass , redfish , spottail bass , or simply red , is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops . The red drum is related to the black drum ( Pogonias cromis ), and the two species are often found in close proximity to each other; they can interbreed...
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.
- 4,020 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red Drum
- Nederlands
- Rode trommelvis
- scientific name
- Sciaenops ocellatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Sciaenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,020
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sciaenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 128750, Wikidata Q2168496, GBIF 2400222, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.