TAR RIVER NEAR TAR RIVER, NC
TAR RIVER NC USGS
TAR RIVER NEAR TAR RIVER, NC (02081500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the TAR RIVER in NC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 29 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02081500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- NC
- Coordinates
- 36.1942, -78.5831
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Fish recorded near this station
Sampled at this station's reachTar River Near Tar River, NC has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 8760623). The dataset includes 29 species with recorded observations.
Species include: roanoke bass (Ambloplites cavifrons), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), satinfin shiner (Cyprinella analostana), and 24 others.
- Roanoke Bass Ambloplites cavifrons
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- Eastern Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Glassy Darter Etheostoma vitreum
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- White Shiner Luxilus albeolus
- Pinewoods Shiner Lythrurus matutinus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Blacktip Jumprock Moxostoma cervinum
- Notchlip Redhorse Moxostoma collapsum
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- V-Lip Redhorse Moxostoma pappillosum
- Bull Chub Nocomis raneyi
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus
- Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Roanoke Darter Percina roanoka
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
- 29 species
- from 29 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 9, 1997 – Sep 9, 1997
- 29 dated records