Fish project

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Title: Saltwater/marine fish

Species#:11

Common name: red drum Scientific name:Sciaenops ocellatus Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Perciformes

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Siaenops

Species: S.ocellatus Geography/habitat: is a game fish found in the atlantic ocean from Massachusetts to florida and in the gulf mexico from florida to northern mexico.

Life strategy: the two species are often found in close proximity to each other, they can interbreed and form a robust hybrid, and younger fish are often indistinguishable in flavor.

Food/feed strategy: unkn

Common/scientific name:

Body style:

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