Geographic Distribution
Freshwater drum are the only member of their family to inhabit freshwater. Their great distribution range goes as far north as the Hudson Bay, and reaches as far south as Guatemala. Their longitudinal distribution goes as far east as the eastern Appalachians and stretches as far west into Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Freshwater drum are considered to be one of the most wide ranging species in North America.
There is no information available that records the species to be declining or being extirpated from any part of its range. It is possible to have isolated fish kills due to chemical spills and other disasters of the kind. The freshwater drum can handle a wide variety of climates, and to kill off or extirpate it from an area would take a huge shift in habitat. If an event of that nature happened, it would certainly mean the death of other species long before the freshwater drum.
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