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Common Name: black drum
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Hoese and Moore (1977); Manooch (1984); Robins and Ray (1986).
Size: 170 cm.
Native Range: Marine. Nova Scotia to northern Mexico, including south Florida; also southern Brazil to Argentina (Robins and Ray 1986).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences: Black drum was stocked in four Texas reservoirs: Victor Braunig, Lake Creek, Red Bluff, and Walter E. Long (Howells and Garrett 1992). It also was introduced into New Mexico (Sublette et al. 1990).
Means of Introduction: Black drum was stocked in 1976 and 1977 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Texas reservoirs.
Status: The stocking attempts failed to establish reproducing populations in Texas. The species is extirpated in New Mexico.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Sublette et al. (1990) included this species in their list of "fishes introduced into New Mexico, now considered extirpated." However, the authors provided no additional information.
Howells, R. G., and G. P. Garrett. 1992. Status of some exotic sport fishes in Texas waters. Texas Journal of Science 44(3):317-324.
Robins, C. R., G. C. Ray, and J. Douglass. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic Coast fishes of North America. The Peterson Guide Series, volume 32. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA.
Sublette, J. E., M. D. Hatch, and M. Sublette. 1990. The fishes of New Mexico. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 393 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 5/22/2000 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Pogonias cromis. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=958> Revision Date: 5/22/2000
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