The Family Sciaenidae is represented locally by Aplodinotus grunniens, the Freshwater Drum. The Freshwater Drum is the only freshwater member of the family in North America. It makes a drumming sound by vibrating the muscles attached to the its swim bladder, much like the other species in the family. It has a range from the Hudson Bay, through the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, as far south as Guatemala. The Freshwater Drum hablitats rivers with very slow currents, lakes and reservoirs, in the deeper waters.