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Sciaenidae
freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Sciaenid Fish of Freshwater Basins
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
LargeThe freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America. It is the only species in the genus Aplodinotus, and is a member of the family Sciaenidae. It is the only North American member of the group that inhabits freshwater for its entire life.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Aplodinotus
- Maximum length
- 95 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North and Central America: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to northern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan in Canada and south to the Gulf; Gulf Coast drainages from Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama through east Mexico to Rio Usumacinta system in Guatemala.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
