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The drums, the largest and noisiest croakers, include the red drum, or channel bass, of which over 2 million lb (900,000 kg) are taken per year off Florida; the common, or black, drum, found from New England to the Rio Grande; ...
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The red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also know as channel bass, redfish, puppy drum or just red, is a game fish that is found from Massachusetts down to Florida and from Florida to Northern Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops.
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OTHER NAMES: Redfish, Red Bass, Channel Bass, Drum. RANGE: All Florida coasts.
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 See also: Bass, Barbel, Fly, Redfish, Drum
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