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Black Drum

Pogonias cromis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,940, February 1,855, March 2,108, April 3,999, May 2,450, June 1,189, July 1,070, August 1,104, September 1,312, October 1,397, November 1,820, December 1,764.
United States27,022
Texas22,009
Louisiana1,986
Virginia266
North Carolina181
Alabama176
Mississippi120
Maryland112
South Carolina104
Georgia79

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilyDrums · Sciaenidae
GenusPogonias

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