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Species Name:    Sciaenops ocellatus
Common Name:                (Red Drum)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Sciaenidae Sciaenops


The Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Name:
Red Drum