Bull Shark

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

Barred Grunt

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

Select a coastal habitat:

• Salt Marshes
• Bays and Estuaries
• Jetties
• Nearshore Waters
• Gulf Waters