Sand Seatrout

Coastal Habitats

Animals of the Nearshore Waters 

Sand Seatrout

Cynoscion arenarius

Sand seatrout have large mouths, orange on the inside and with one or two rounded teeth at the front of the upper jaw. They feed on fish and shellfish which they catch in deeper bays, channels and in the shallow gulf. Although common here, these fish live only in the Gulf of Mexico.

Animals of the Nearshore Waters

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Brown Tube Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge

Tree Oyster

Ivory Bush Coral

Cup Coral

Pearly Red Encrusting Bryozoan

Black Drum

Crevalle Jack

Florida Pompano

Sand Seatrout

Tarpon

Gulf Kingfish

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