Rahway River at Rahway NJ
Rahway River NJ USGS
Rahway River at Rahway NJ (01395000) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Rahway River in NJ, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01395000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.6189, -74.2833
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRahway River at Rahway NJ has 37 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Striped Anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 32 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Spotfin Killifish Fundulus luciae
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
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
- 37 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 14, 2022 – Jul 13, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records