MARINE ZOOLOGY 



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Typical Animals From the Gulf of Mexico — Texas Coast — Cont'd 



NAME 



HABITAT ZONE 



Gobiesox strumosus, cling fish 

 Menidia beryllina peninsulae 



Trinectes maaulatus (Achirus fasciatus), 



hog choker 

 Achirus lincatus, striped sole 

 Paralichthys lethostigmus, southern fluke 



or "commercial flounder" 

 Efropus crossotua, fringed flounder 

 Polynemios octonemus, threadfin 

 Caranx hippos, common jack or Jiguagua 

 Caranx ruber, ship jack 

 Fundxilus similis, killifish 

 Fundulus heteroclitus grandis, killifish 

 Cyprinodon variegatu,s, broad killifish 



Reptilia 



Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle 



Caretta kempil, bastard loggerhead turtle 



Mammalia 



Tursiops truncatus, porpoise, bottle-nosed 



dolphin 

 TrichecJius vumatus latirostris, manatee, 



very rare 



Oyster reefs and pilings 

 Silversides, along shore and in 



bays 

 Muddy or sandy bottom, shal- 

 low 

 Bottom in shallow water 

 Bottom in shallow water 



Taken in shrimp trawls 



Sandy shores 



Off shore 



Along shore 



Shore waters and bays 



Shore waters and bays 



Shore waters and bays 



Along shore, Gulf water 

 Open sea 



Bays and along shore 

 Back bays and estuaries 



