Ombrine (fish) : The red drum is a sea fish (family Sciaenidae). It has a characteristic coloring, more or less silvery with oblique yellowish lines, going up towards the back. This fish has two dorsal fins and a short chin barb.
This littoral species, which mainly frequents soft bottoms (sand, mud), but sometimes also rocks, is quite solitary. The young can go up in the desalinated waters of the estuaries. Carnivorous, the ombrine feeds on the bottom, sometimes by searching the sand, and consumes various invertebrates (crustaceans, worms and molluscs. Measuring 20 centimeters to one meter, the ombrine lives in the Mediterranean and in the Bay of Biscay. trawling or bottom line fishing.
With highly appreciated flesh, as fine as that of bar, red drum is prepared in the kitchen like the latter.