Diet Overlap

Sciaenops ocellatus (Spotted bass)
Synodus foetens (Soapfish)

Common Diet

Symphurus plagiusa (Blackcheek tonguefish)

Common Habitat

Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Bahamas
Canaveral National Seashore
Caribbean Sea
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
United States

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food of the Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellata, from Mississippi Sound, Robin M. Overstreet, Richard W. Heard, Gulf Research Reports, Vol. 6, No. 2, 131-135, 1978
♦ 2TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF DEMERSAL FISHES IN THE SHRIMPING ZONE OFF ALVARADO LAGOON, VERACRUZ, MEXICO, Edgar Peláez-Rodríguez, Jonathan Franco-López, Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Rafael Chavez-López, and Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, Gulf and Caribbean Research Vol 17, 157–167, 2005