POPASH SLOUGH NEAR OKEECHOBEE, FL
POPASH SLOUGH FL USGS
POPASH SLOUGH NEAR OKEECHOBEE, FL (02273630) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the POPASH SLOUGH 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. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02273630
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.2439, -80.8965
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPopash Slough Near Okeechobee, Fl has 39 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Ruddy Bowfin (Amia calva), Clown Knifefish (Chitala ornata), Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus), and 34 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva
- Clown Knifefish Chitala ornata
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Bluegill × Redear Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × microlophus
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 39 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 20, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records