Fish of the Artificial Reef
Jan Culbertson, TPWD Coastal Fisheries
Fish of the Artificial Reef (Real Media)
Blenny and Barnacle covered with sponges
Coral (Tubastrea)
Sponges
Cup corals – hard corals
Spiny urchin
Spotfin butterflyfish
Townsend angelfish
Red snapper and sheepshead
Rock hind grouper
Juvenile French angelfish
Fireworm
Anenome
Brittle star on spawning coral
Shark
Sea turtle
Spanish hogfish
Barracuda
Artificial Reef Program
Donations to the Artificial Reef Program
- 45 oil and gas structures
- 12 Liberty ships
- 1 U.S. Navy YR-26 barge
- 4 barges
- 1 tugboat
- 44 concrete culverts
- 300 fly-ash blocks
- 132 reef balls
- 50 quarry rocks
- 1 welded pipe structure
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