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title: "Freshwater Drum"
description: "Aplodinotus grunniens — Ryby. The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/freshwater-drum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Freshwater Drum

> Aplodinotus grunniens — Ryby. The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Aplodinotus grunniens*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 5534
- Wikidata: [Q1961720](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1961720)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49749)

## Names

- en: Freshwater Drum
- de: Süßwassertrommler
- es: Roncador de agua dulce
- fr: Malachigan

## Countries with the most observations

US (4266), CA (1023), MX (10)

## Summary

The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America. It is the only species in the genus Aplodinotus, and is a member of the family Sciaenidae. It is the only North American member of the group that inhabits freshwater for its entire life. Its generic name, Aplodinotus, comes from Greek meaning "single back", and the specific epithet, grunniens, comes from a Latin word meaning "grunting". It is given to it because of the grunting noise that mature males make. This noise comes from a special set of muscles within the body cavity that vibrate against the swim bladder. The purpose…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375711683

## Machine access

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