I came across this bone at High Island while walking along the beach. From my years of expeperience in not identifying bones I am pretty sure its a bone. I am thinking that most likely it is part of a jaw bone of some sort of fish. I just can't think of what it could be with those type of grinding teeth like things and pronounced lower or upper jaw part. Any help would be greatly identifying this for me as I think it looks pretty awesome!

Coastal speckled Aoudad
1-2.6 yrs of age
Transvestite

Sheepshead?

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It's a Drum (or family), those 'teeth' are back in the throat for crushing shells of clams, mussels, etc...

I can't help on the ID, but that does look pretty neat...

carpe answered, so I have nothing to add other than that looks really cool...nice find!

Sheepshead have a row of teeth I think, not a pallet of teeth. But not sure

You guys are right! Found this through GIS:




Listed as drum fish jaw bone. Thanks guys!