Red drum are a dark red color on the back, which fades into white on the belly.
ocellatus) showing characteristic spot(s) at the base of the tail: This one is not a 'bull red' because it is shorter than 27 inches (0.69 m). The red drum is related to the black drum ( Pogonias cromis), and the two species are often found near to each other they can interbreed and form a robust hybrid, and younger fish are often indistinguishable in flavor.
It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops. The red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as redfish, channel bass, puppy drum, spottail bass, or simply red, is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico.
