SOUTH PRONG ALAFIA RIVER NEAR LITHIA FL

SOUTH PRONG ALAFIA RIVER FL USGS

SOUTH PRONG ALAFIA RIVER NEAR LITHIA FL (02301300) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SOUTH PRONG ALAFIA 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. 16 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number: 02301300
Operated by: U.S. Geological Survey
State: FL
Coordinates: 27.7967, -82.1176

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Fish recorded near this station

Community observations nearby

South Prong Alafia River Near Lithia Fl has 16 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.

Species include: Coastal Shiner (Alburnops petersoni), Dimerus Cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus), Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), Least Killifish (Heterandria formosa), Hardy Silverside (Labidesthes vanhyningi), and 11 others.

Coastal Shiner Alburnops petersoni
Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus
Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
Red Jewel Cichlids Rubricatochromis
Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii non-native

One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Green Swordtail). 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: 16 species; from 39 individual records
Observed: Mar 4, 2017 – May 27, 2026; 39 dated records

Sources

iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 39 records