Name: |
Freshwater Drum |
Other Common Names: |
Sheepshead, croaker, grunt, white perch, rock perch, grinder, silver bass |
Scientific Name: |
Aplodinotus grunniens |
Diet: |
Feeds on mussels, snails, crayfish, insects, fish |
Habitat: |
Prefers pools and channels in rivers with clear water and clean bottoms |
Length: |
Average length is 10 to 14 inches |
Identification: |
Deep bodied, silvery fish; head and body slope steeply up from the snout and dorsal fin; long dorsal fin divided into two lobes; commonly weigh up to 5 lbs |
Photo & text
courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker
with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |