Snook
Coastal Habitats
Animals of the Gulf Waters
Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Snook are tropical fish that visit when Texas waters are warm enough. They spend time in both fresh and salt water, never far from seawater when they're upriver and never far from fresh water when they're in the Gulf. The lateral line - that black stripe down a snook's sides - helps them sense fish and other objects in the water around them.
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