Distinctive Features
The body of the red drum is extended with a
somewhat curved back and slanting head. It has an unpolished nose with a huge
sub-terminal mouth like most species in the Sciaenidae family. There are two
dorsal balances, the first has ten hard spines and the second with one hard
spine and various delicate beams. The caudal balance is marginally sunken.
The red drum can be recognized from the
firmly related dark drum (Pogonias comes) by its absence of barbels.
Hue
The red drum is normally a copper rosy
shading. Hue can likewise go from a profound dull copper to a practically
gleaming sheen. The ventral side is generally a lighter shading to practically
white. Red drums have a particularly dark spot close to the base of the tail. One
spot is most normal anyway a few people show a few spots.
Size, Age, and Growth
At the point when originally brought forth
larval red drum is a standard length of 6-8 mm. This drum arrives at
development somewhere in the range of three and four years old. The most
extreme revealed length is 61 inches (155 cm) complete length (TL), anyway, this
species is all the more commonly observed at lengths of about 39.4 inches (100
cm) TL. The most extreme distributed load of the red drum is just shy of 100
pounds (45.0 kg). It is known to live at any rate to 50 years old.
Nourishment Habits
Youthful red drum go after little scavengers
and marine worms. As the drum fish reaches at the lengths of 200mm or above,
the eating regimen movements to join little hard fishes including Microgobius
gloss, Menidia peninsulae, Leiostomus xanthurus, and Cyprinodon variegates,
among others. Grown-up drums additionally feed on bigger shellfish, for
example, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).
Multiplication
Generating, as a rule, happens from
mid-August to mid-November, regularly close to tidal channels. Drums are known
to make a trademark drumming commotion during bringing forth. Females can
create one-half to 2,000,000 eggs for each season with each egg estimating
around 1.0mm in distance across. Eggs bring forth at around 28-30 hours in the
wake of producing coming about in hatchlings that are around 6-8 mm standard
length. These hatchlings are moved into estuaries by means of flows before
settling onto seagrass beds. Adolescents and sub-grown-ups commonly remain in
coves and estuaries until age three to four at which time they leave the estuary
and join develop grown-ups in beachfront waters.
Predators
The fundamental predator of the red drum is
people. Different predators incorporate winged animals of prey including
ospreys, just as bigger fishes. The dark tail spot is believed to be utilized
as a system to confound predators into assaulting the tail rather than the head.
Parasites
Adolescent red drums are the middle of the
road have for Contracaecum multipapillatum, a nematode. This parasite
contaminates the kidneys while hanging tight for development until it dwells in
the complete host – fowls. Red drums can become contaminated inside with
different parasites in the digestion tracts, stomach, muscle, liver, and the
heart. Examples have been accounted for with outer parasites on the gills,
skin, scales, and blades. Red drums have additionally been recorded with
amiable tumors.
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