Red Drum
Coastal Habitats
Bay Animals
Red Drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
Red drum, or redfish, are reddish bronze in color with a black spot on each side of the base of their tails.
These fish feed heads-down, tails-up, searching the bottom for crabs, shrimp, marine worms and small fish. But this strange feeding style doesn't slow their growth any — red drum may weigh in at 50 pounds!
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