. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 320 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 276. SOI^NOPS OOELLATUS (Linnseus). "Drum"; "RedDmm"; "PuppyDrum" (young); "SpottedBass"; OhamielBass; Red-fish; Branded Drum (S. 0.). Perca ocellata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 483,1766; South Carolina. Seicmopa oceVatia, Yarrow, 1877, 210; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 378; Beaufort. Jordan & Ever- mann, 1898,1453, pi. ccxxii, fig. 567. Linton, 1905, 390; Beaiifort. Scioena ocellata. Jordan, 1886. 28: Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887. 90; Beaufort. Earll. 1887, 486; Beauf
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 320 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 276. SOI^NOPS OOELLATUS (Linnseus). "Drum"; "RedDmm"; "PuppyDrum" (young); "SpottedBass"; OhamielBass; Red-fish; Branded Drum (S. 0.). Perca ocellata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 483,1766; South Carolina. Seicmopa oceVatia, Yarrow, 1877, 210; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 378; Beaufort. Jordan & Ever- mann, 1898,1453, pi. ccxxii, fig. 567. Linton, 1905, 390; Beaiifort. Scioena ocellata. Jordan, 1886. 28: Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887. 90; Beaufort. Earll. 1887, 486; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Form rather robust, depth contained times in length; head long, equal to depth, profile rather steep; snout blunt, .25 length of head; eye .14 length of head; mouth large, horizontal, maxillary extending nearly to posterior edge of eye; jaw teeth in viUiform bands, the outer teeth in upper jaw enlarged; gill-rakers very short, less than diameter of pupil, 12 in number, of which 7 are below angle; scales in lateral series 45 to 50, in transverse series 16, those on breast deeply imbedded; dorsal fitns scarcely separate, rays x-l-i,24; anal fin long, rays ii,8; caudal margin square or slightly concave. Color: silvery red; each scale with a, dark center, these marks forming obscure lateral stripes; a jet black spot at base of caudal fin above; sometimes several such spots, and occasionally a Une of them along the sides, (ocel- latus, having eye-like spots.). Fig. 143. Red Drum; Red-fish. Scicenops ocdlatus. The red drum is one of the largest and most valuable fishes of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts; it occurs as a straggler as far north as Massachusetts, but is not regularly taken in any numbers north of Chesapeake Bay. It reaches a length of 5 feet and a weight of 75 pounds; the average weight, however, is about 10 pounds. The food consists of small fish and crustaceans. In North Carolina, where this fish is called "drum", "red drum"
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