Banded drum (Larimus fasciatus)

Scientific name: Larimus fasciatus Holbrook, 1855

Banded drum (Larimus fasciatus)

The Banded drum (Larimus fasciatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Massachusetts to Texas in the USA, except for southern Florida. Including Gulf of Mexico.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-27; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Colour greyish olive above, silvery white below. Back with 7 to 9 rather conspicuous dark vertical bars. Inside of opercle dark. Lower parts of pelvic fins, anal and caudal fins yellowish. A moderately small fish, body short and robust. Mouth large, strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting. Teeth very small and pointed, set in 1 or 2 rows along edges of jaws. Chin without barbels, but with 4 minute pores. Snout with 5 marginal pores and no rostral pores. Gas bladder simple, carrot-shaped, without anterior appendages. Sagitta (Large earstone) short but very thick (Ref 51721).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Larimus fasciatus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Common length
16.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Texas in the USA, except for southern Florida. Including Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.98)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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