SOUTH CANAL NEAR VERO BEACH, FL
FL USGS
SOUTH CANAL NEAR VERO BEACH, FL (02253500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 79 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02253500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.6045, -80.3866
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySouth Canal Near Vero Beach, FL has 79 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Black Margate (Anisotremus surinamensis), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), and 74 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Black Margate Anisotremus surinamensis
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Smallscale Fat Snook Centropomus parallelus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Silver Weakfish Cynoscion nothus
- Mountain Mullet Dajaus monticola
- Irish Pompano Diapterus auratus
- Fat Sleeper Dormitator maculatus
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara
- Red Grouper Epinephelus morio
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Yellowfin Mojarra Gerres cinereus
- Bigmouth Sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor
- Sailor's Choice Haemulon parra
- Ballyhoo Hemiramphus brasiliensis
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Mangrove Rivulus Kryptolebias marmoratus
- Masquerader Hairy Blenny Labrisomus conditus
- Buffalo Trunkfish Lactophrys trigonus
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Atlantic Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus
- Northern Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus
- Gulf Kingcroaker Menticirrhus littoralis
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Drum Pogonias cromis
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Atlantic Midshipman Porichthys plectrodon
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
- Round Sardinella Sardinella aurita
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Rainbow Parrotfish Scarus guacamaia
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
- Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnis
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus
- Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus
- Tricolored Cichlid Trichromis salvini
- Sand Drum Umbrina coroides
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia). 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
- 79 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 16, 2021 – Jul 17, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records