MILL RIVER NEAR FAIRFIELD, CT
MILL RIVER CT USGS
MILL RIVER NEAR FAIRFIELD, CT (01208925) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the MILL RIVER in CT, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 48 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01208925
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- CT
- Coordinates
- 41.1655, -73.2700
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyMill River Near Fairfield, CT has 48 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 43 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Skilletfish Gobiesox strumosus
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Feather Blenny Hypsoblennius hentz
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- 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
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Tiger Trout Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish). 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
- 48 species
- from 146 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 27, 2013 – Jul 8, 2026
- 146 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 146 records