Banded drum (Larimus fasciatus)

General data
- Main name: Banded drum
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
Classification
- Genus: Larimus - Larimus
- Family: Sciaenidae - Drums
- Order: Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Texas in the USA, except for southern Florida. Including Gulf of Mexico. Max length: 25 cm TL Short description 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.