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TEXTBOOK OF ZOOLOGY 



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



NAME 



HABITAT ZONE 



Ogcocephalus radiatus, short-nosed batfisli 

 Chilomycfterus schoepfi, spiny boxfish 

 Trichiurus leptwrus, cutlass fish 

 Synodus foetens, lizard fish 

 Ancylopsetta quadrocellata, oceEated fluke 

 Symphurus plagiusa, tongue fish 

 Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish 

 Spheroides marmoratus, southern swellfish 

 Lagocephalus loevigattis, smooth swellfish 

 Sphyraena guachanco, barracuda 

 Trachinottis carolinus, common pompano 

 Mentici/rrhus Uttoralis, kingfish 

 Brevoortia patronus, menhaden 

 Lactophrys tricornis, cowfish 

 Pogonias crotnis, black drum 

 Stellifer lanceolatus, star drum 

 Cynoscion nebulosus, speckled trout 

 Cynoscion arenarius, sand trout 

 Cynoscion nothus, silver squeteague 

 Nautopaedium porosissimus, midshipman 

 Opsanus beta, toadfish 

 Astroscopus y-graecum, southern stargazer 

 Prionotus punctatus, spotted sea robin 

 Prionotus trihulus, southern sea robin 

 Anchoviella epsetus, striped anchovy 

 Hippocampus stylifer, sea horse 

 Syngnathus louisicmae, pipefish 

 Gohius hostatus, sharp-tailed goby 

 Gdbius lyricus, lyre goby 

 Micropogon undulatus, croaker 

 Conodon nohilis, barred grunt 

 Lepophidvwm hreviharbe, short-bearded 



cusk eel 

 Remora remora, pilot fish 

 Sdaenops ocellata, redfish 

 LeiostoKmus xantfmrus, spot 

 Lutiarms campechanu^, red snapper 

 Lutianus grismis, gray snapper 

 ScomberomoTus maculatus, Spanish mack- 



eral 

 Mugil cephalus, common mullet 

 Vomer setapinms, moonfish 

 Selene vomer, look-down 

 Bairdiella chrysura, silver perch 

 Poronotus triacanthus, butterfish 

 Chloroscombrus chrysurus, bumper 

 Citharichthys spiloptems, spot-finned whiff 

 Lobotes surinamensis, triple-tail 

 Centropomus undedmalis, pike, snook, or 



roballo 

 Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish 

 Orthopristes chrysopterus, pigfish 

 Hypsoblennius ianthas, freckled blenny 

 Chasmodes bosqwianus, striped blenny 



Shallow bays, sandy bottoms 



Bottom, bays and off shore 



Bays 



Along shore 



Shore waters 



Open gulf 



Along shore 



Open gulf 



Shrimp trawls 



Deep water gulf 



Deep water 



Along shore and bays 



Along shore 



Open gulf 



Off shore 



Shallow water, among weeds 



Sandy bottom 



Bottom, along shore 



Bottom, along shore 



Usually open gulf 



Bottom, deep water 



Along shore 

 Along shore 



About docks, shallow water 

 Off shore, deep water 



Along shore, bay, and gulf 

 Along shore, bay, and gulf 



Along shores 

 Off shore 



Along shore 



Gulf 



Gulf in shrimp trawls 



Taken in shrimp trawls 



In shrimp trawls 

 Oyster reefs 

 Oyster reefs 



