PATUXENT RIVER NEAR BOWIE, MD
PATUXENT RIVER MD USGS
PATUXENT RIVER NEAR BOWIE, MD (01594440) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the PATUXENT RIVER in MD, 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
- 01594440
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- MD
- Coordinates
- 38.9559, -76.6937
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPatuxent River Near Bowie, MD 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: Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), and 32 others.
- Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Glassy Darter Etheostoma vitreum
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Stripeback Darter Percina notogramma
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead). 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
- Oct 13, 2024 – Jul 11, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records