Southern Kingfish

Coastal Habitats

Animals of the Nearshore Waters 

Southern Kingfish

Southern Kingfish

Menticirrhus americanus

 

Southern kingfish range from silver-gray to copper colored with darker markings on the sides. This makes them harder to see in the sandy surf areas where they live. Along the Texas coast, both Southern kingfish and Gulf kingfish are known as whiting.

Animals of the Nearshore Waters

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