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Drum Fish Teeth: Do Drum Fish Have Teeth?

Drum fish are given their unique name not because they have drums in their bodies but because they let out croaker sounds produced by their swim bladders. There are around 275 species of drum fish, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mysterious Bass Sounds Irking Florida Residents Might Just Be Fish Mating Loudly

One possible explanation for the low-frequency noises? Mating black drum fish. Will Parson / Chesapeake Bay Program via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED A strange noise is keeping Tampa, Florida, ...
Miami Herald

Florida’s first offshore fish farms are coming. Are they floating hazards?

Neil Sims has a vision. He imagines thousands of red drum fish swimming in the open Gulf, the Florida sun glinting off coppery scales. These red drum are farmed, not wild. They circle inside a ...
UPI

Amorous fish blamed for mysterious sound around Florida bay

Jan. 19 (UPI) --A Florida scientist said a mysterious bass sound reported by residents in the Tampa Bay area might be coming from mating fish. Area residents reported hearing the low-pitched sound ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Drumming up Fish of the Week: Chicago and Downstate freshwater drum share FOTW honors

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