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If you are referring to Sciaenops ocellatus, a saltwater member of the family Sciaenidae, I believe the original common name (red drum) was too similar to the popular chant of Satan worshippers (redrum) which is murder spelled backwards. In order to make it a popular sportfish with sponsored televised tournaments it was given an easy less offensive name that stuck.......or maybe because it is a fish that's red.

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