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Texas · Gray triggerfish

Can you keep a gray triggerfish in Texas?

Yes, with limits

Statewide

Open year-round
Size
16 inches and up
total length
Daily bag
20
per person per day
Possession
40
total you may hold

16 inches, a genuine 20 a day — the real, standalone number confirmed in TPWD's raw page markup, not an aggregate total mistaken for a per-species figure. Neighbouring Gulf states cap this species at 1 a day inside a shared 20-fish reef aggregate; Texas does not use that aggregate system at all.

TPWD source page

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