IMPERIAL RIVER NEAR BONITA SPRINGS, FL

IMPERIAL RIVER FL USGS

IMPERIAL RIVER NEAR BONITA SPRINGS, FL (02291500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the IMPERIAL RIVER 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. 68 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number: 02291500
Operated by: U.S. Geological Survey
State: FL
Coordinates: 26.3358, -81.7494

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Fish recorded near this station

Community observations nearby

Imperial River Near Bonita Springs, Fl has 68 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.

Species include: Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Western Atlantic Seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), and 63 others.

Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
Western Atlantic Seabream Archosargus rhomboidalis
Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
Oscar Astronotus ocellatus non-native
Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
Pike Topminnow Belonesox belizanus
Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
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
Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
Ladyfish Elops saurus
Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri
Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Highfin Goby Gobionellus oceanicus
Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
Crested Goby Lophogobius cyprinoides
Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris
Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus
Gulf Kingcroaker Menticirrhus littoralis
Clown Goby Microgobius gulosus
Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
Speckled Worm Eel Myrophis punctatus
Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum
Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
Tilapias Oreochromis
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
Black Drum Pogonias cromis
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
Red Jewel Cichlids Rubricatochromis
Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida
Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
Dusky Pipefish Syngnathus floridae
Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
Permit Trachinotus falcatus
Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus

3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Oscar, Grass Carp, 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: 68 species; from 200 individual records
Observed: Jun 4, 2022 – Aug 14, 2026; 200 dated records

Sources

iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records