BEAUFORT RIVER AT BEAUFORT, SC
BEAUFORT RIVER SC USGS
BEAUFORT RIVER AT BEAUFORT, SC (02176603) is a real-time river monitoring station on the BEAUFORT RIVER in SC, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 47 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02176603
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- SC
- Coordinates
- 32.4274, -80.6693
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBeaufort River At Beaufort, Sc has 47 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), Ocellated Flounder (Ancylopsetta quadrocellata), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), and 42 others.
- Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
- Ocellated Flounder Ancylopsetta quadrocellata
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Rock Sea Bass Centropristis philadelphica
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Atlantic Bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus
- Bay Whiff Citharichthys spilopterus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Weakfish Cynoscion regalis
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Irish Pompano Diapterus auratus
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Fringed Flounder Etropus crossotus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Naked Goby Gobiosoma bosc
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus
- Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- White Mullet Mugil curema
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Shrimp Eel Ophichthus gomesii
- Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma
- Harvestfish Peprilus paru
- Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinus
- Striped Searobin Prionotus evolans
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Lookdown Selene vomer
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 47 species
- from 107 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 26, 2005 – Jul 11, 2026
- 107 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 107 records