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Coastal Habitats
Animals of the Gulf Waters
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
Bluefish don't grow very large along the Gulf Coast, averaging only one to two pounds. In the Atlantic, though, they grow much larger, some reaching more than three feet in length.
They live with red snappers, too, preferring the flat areas on the tops and around the bases of the snapper banks to their stepply sloping sides.
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
