PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON, RI
PAWTUXET RIVER RI USGS
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON, RI (01116500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PAWTUXET RIVER in RI, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 54 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01116500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- RI
- Coordinates
- 41.7509, -71.4451
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPawtuxet River At Cranston, RI has 54 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), and 49 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus
- American Conger Conger oceanicus
- Weakfish Cynoscion regalis
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Striped Searobin Prionotus evolans
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Cobia Rachycentron canadum
- Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
- Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, European Carp). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 54 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 19, 2021 – Jul 20, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records