SAUGATUCK RIVER NEAR WESTPORT, CT
SAUGATUCK RIVER CT USGS
SAUGATUCK RIVER NEAR WESTPORT, CT (01209500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SAUGATUCK 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. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01209500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- CT
- Coordinates
- 41.1707, -73.3648
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachSaugatuck River Near Westport, CT has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 7732315). The dataset includes 21 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), american eel (Anguilla rostrata), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), chain pickerel (Esox niger), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 16 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 21 species
- from 21 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 13, 2011 – Jul 13, 2011
- 21 dated records