Download
1 / 6
60 likes | 86 Views
The Redfish. The Redfish is a large fish that is usually found in schools in the ocean and in shallow rivers, flats, and lagoons. The Redfish. The Redfish eats small Blue Crabs, shrimp, small mullet, and also Menhaden. It’s worldwide population is 200,000,000.
E N D
The Redfish • The Redfish is a large fish that is usually found in schools in the ocean and in shallow rivers, flats, and lagoons.
The Redfish • The Redfish eats small Blue Crabs, shrimp, small mullet, and also Menhaden. • It’s worldwide population is 200,000,000. • The Redfish male reproduces by finding a nest of eggs and fertilizing them by releasing sperm into the nearby water. Thus creating a patch of fertilized eggs.
Description: chin without barbels; copper bronze body, lighter shade in clear waters; one to many spots at base of tail (rarely no spots); mouth horizontal and opening downward; scales large. The Redfish
The Redfish • Avg. Size: 32-40", max. 60” • Distribution:Throughout entire Gulf Coast. • Habitat: Coastal waters and estuaries around reefs, sand and mud bottoms. • Behavior: Tends to gather in schools. Adult, mature fish migrate to open waters during winter months. Found throughout bays in summer months.
Red drum are primarily bottom feeders, particularly fond of portunid and xanthid crabs and shrimp. They also feed in midwater and at the surface. They feed by both visual and tactile stimuli. In shallow water they are sometimes seen "browsing" head-down and rooting the bottom. The Redfish
The Redfish • The nomenclature of the Redfish is: Family Sciaenidae, DRUMSSciaenops ocellatus
