SOUTH BRANCH ESTERO RIVER AT ESTERO, FL
SOUTH BRANCH ESTERO RIVER FL USGS
SOUTH BRANCH ESTERO RIVER AT ESTERO, FL (02291597) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SOUTH BRANCH ESTERO 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. 61 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02291597
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 26.4288, -81.7934
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySouth Branch Estero River At Estero, Fl has 61 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Frillfin Goby (Bathygobius soporator), and 56 others.
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Oscar Astronotus ocellatus non-native
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Frillfin Goby Bathygobius soporator
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Butterfly Peacock Bass Cichla ocellaris
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Irish Pompano Diapterus auratus
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Gulf Kingcroaker Menticirrhus littoralis
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- White Mullet Mugil curema
- Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- 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
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
- Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida
- Strongylura
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Gulf Pipefish Syngnathus scovelli
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus
- Permit Trachinotus falcatus
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Oscar, 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
- 61 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 8, 2025 – Jul 17, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records