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Coastal Habitats
Animals of the Gulf Waters
Bay whiff
Citharichthys spilopterus
Bay whiffs, like other flatfish, have both eyes and all their color on one side. That's the up side when they swim, and for bay whiffs, that's always the left side since they're part of the left-sided flatfish family.
These little flatfish, just six inches long, live from brackish estuaries to the open Gulf.
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
