Shark River near Neptune City NJ
Shark River NJ USGS
Shark River near Neptune City NJ (01407705) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Shark 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. 71 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01407705
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.1986, -74.0700
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyShark River near Neptune City NJ has 71 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Ammodytes, American Sand Lance (Ammodytes americanus), and 66 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Ammodytes
- American Sand Lance Ammodytes americanus
- Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus
- Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Fourspine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Yellowbelly Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus
- Northern Stargazer Astroscopus guttatus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Grey Triggerfish Balistes capriscus
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus
- Reef Butterflyfish Chaetodon sedentarius
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Sheephead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Smallmouth Flounder Etropus microstomus
- Flagfin Mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Skilletfish Gobiesox strumosus
- Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Blue Angelfish Holacanthus bermudensis
- American Halfbeak Hyporhamphus meeki
- Feather Blenny Hypsoblennius hentz
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Rough Silverside Membras martinica
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Grubby Myoxocephalus aenaeus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Shrimp Eel Ophichthus gomesii
- Striped Cusk-Eel Ophidion marginatum
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Pollock Pollachius virens
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinus
- Short Bigeye Pristigenys alta
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Cobia Rachycentron canadum
- Atlantic Chub Mackerel Scomber colias
- Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus
- Spotted Scorpionfish Scorpaena plumieri
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Banded Rudderfish Seriola zonata
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Northern Sennet Sphyraena borealis
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
- Rough Scad Trachurus lathami
- Spotted Hake Urophycis regia
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 71 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 8, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records