The silver drum, known locally as “corvina,” is a deep-bodied, hard-fighting predator found throughout the Amazon and Tocantins-Araguaia river systems. Renowned for its schooling behavior and loud drumming calls, this piscivorous species plays a key role in South American fisheries—both as a gamefish and as a staple food resource. Although often overshadowed by more exotic Amazon species, silver drum are highly targeted by local anglers and can be exciting quarry for those fishing deeper structures and drop-offs.

These fish are most often encountered in the dry season, when they form dense schools in deeper channels and near submerged structures. They are most active in early morning and late afternoon, readily attacking jigs, small plugs, and live bait. With a firm, silvery body, strong jaw, and resonant swim bladder (which produces the characteristic “drum” sound), this species is one of the most important and widespread predatory fish in the Amazon basin.