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Pogonias cromis (Sea drum; Oyster drum; Oyster cracker; Gray drum; Drummer; Drumfish; Black drum; Big drum; Banded drum)

Synonyms: Labrus cromis; Pogonathus courbina; Pogonias courbina; Pogonias fasciatus; Sciaena barbata
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Wikipedia Abstract

The black drum (Pogonias cromis) is a saltwater fish similar to its cousin, the red drum. It is the only species in the genus Pogonias. Though most specimens are generally found in the 5-30 lb (2–14 kg) range, the black drum is well known as the largest of all the drum family with some specimens reaching excesses of 90 lb (40 kg). The world record black drum was just over 113 lb (51 kg). They are often black and/or gray in color with juvenile fish having distinctive dark stripes over a gray body. Their teeth are rounded and they have powerful jaws capable of crushing oysters and other shellfish. It is recommended those over 15 lb pounds (7 kg) should be released. Black drum are capable of producing tones between 100 Hz and 500 Hz when performing mating calls.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pogonias cromis

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [4]  43 years
Migration [3]  Oceanodromous
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  62.204 lbs (28.215 kg)

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharias taurus (Spotted sand tiger shark)[5]
Elops saurus (Ladyfish)[5]
Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin)[5]
Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)[5]

Consumers

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 4Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0