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Coastal Habitats
Animals of the Gulf Waters
Greater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
Greater amberjacks are the largest and most common amberjacks that live along the Gulf Coast. Usually found around reefs and oil rigs in Texas waters, amberjacks live throughout the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Although they average about 20 pounds, greater amberjacks can weigh in at 170.
Animals of the Gulf Waters
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Barred grunt
Great barracuda
Greater amberjack
Cobia
Permit
Lesser electric ray
Bighead sea robin
Bay whiff
Sand seatrout
Striped bass
Silver seatrout
Atlantic cutlassfish
Yellowtail snapper
Lane snapper
Rock hind
Red snapper
Tarpon
Atlantic spadefish
Vermilion snapper
Bluefish
Scamp
Dolphin fish
Tripletail
Snook
Great hammerhead
Bull shark
Lemon shark
Blacktip shark
Atlantic stingray
Cownose ray
Yellowfin tuna
Atlantic bonito
Jewfish
