Pequest River at Pequest NJ
Pequest River NJ USGS
Pequest River at Pequest NJ (01445500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Pequest 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. 13 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01445500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NJ
- Coordinates
- 40.8306, -74.9778
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachPequest River at Pequest NJ has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 2586809). The dataset includes 13 species with recorded observations.
Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), american eel (Anguilla rostrata), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), redfin pickerel (Esox americanus), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 8 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
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
- 13 species
- from 13 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 25, 2013 – Sep 25, 2013
- 13 dated records
Sources
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