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Hardhead or Sea Catfish are very common in Coastal Mississippi. Catfish have whisker-like things called barbels around their mouths.
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Flounder
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Shrimp
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The Deadhead or Sea Catfish has one spinous fin on top, closest to the head, called the dorsal fin.
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Catfish
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Flounder
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Flounder
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Flounder Teeth
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Catfish
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Catfish
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Shrimp Boat
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Shrimp have five pairs of jointed legs. The female can lay as many as one million eggs.
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Shrimp Larvae float on tides and currents to the protected waters of the estuaries, where they grow.
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The Mississippi Sound contains brown shrimp, pink shrimp and white shrimp. The brown is the most plentiful
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Baby Catfish
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Baby Catfish
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Catfish
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