Rahway River at Rahway NJ
Rahway River NJ USGS
Rahway River at Rahway NJ (01395000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Rahway River in NJ, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 37 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01395000
- Agency
- USGS
- 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