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title: "Spotted Drum"
description: "Eques punctatus — Pesci. The spotted drum or spotted ribbonfish (Eques punctatus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/spotted-drum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Drum

> Eques punctatus — Pesci. The spotted drum or spotted ribbonfish (Eques punctatus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

- Scientific name: *Eques punctatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1301
- Wikidata: [Q106417225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106417225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1316037](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1316037)

## Names

- en: Spotted Drum
- de: Tüpfel-Ritterfisch
- es: Payasito punteado
- fr: Chevalier ponctué

## Countries with the most observations

HN (144), CW (128), MX (98), KY (71), BZ (51), MQ (48), GP (46), PA (39), VI (37), CU (35), VC (25), CO (23)

## Summary

The spotted drum or spotted ribbonfish (Eques punctatus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This species is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_drum

## Photo

![Spotted Drum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-drum/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45186014

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-drum?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).