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Coastal Habitats
Animals of the Gulf Waters
Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Bull sharks are common off the coast of Texas and live in most of the subtropical and tropical oceans of the world.
Unlike most sharks, bull sharks can live in fresh as well as salt water. Here in Texas, they've been found many miles upriver from the 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
