CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER AT S-79, NR.OLGA, FLA
CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER FL USGS
CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER AT S-79, NR.OLGA, FLA (02292900) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the CALOOSAHATCHEE 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. 31 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02292900
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 26.7217, -81.6932
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyCaloosahatchee River At S-79, Nr.Olga, Fla has 31 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), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Smallscale Fat Snook (Centropomus parallelus), Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis), and 26 others.
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Smallscale Fat Snook Centropomus parallelus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Butterfly Peacock Bass Cichla ocellaris
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Jaguar Guapote Parachromis managuensis
- Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 31 species
- from 104 individual records
- Observed
- May 30, 2018 – Jul 26, 2026
- 104 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 104 records