ALAFIA RIVER AT LITHIA PINECREST RD AT LITHIA, FL
ALAFIA RIVER FL USGS
ALAFIA RIVER AT LITHIA PINECREST RD AT LITHIA, FL (02301500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the 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. 35 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02301500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.8722, -82.2112
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlafia River At Lithia Pinecrest Rd At Lithia, Fl has 35 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Ironcolor Shiner (Alburnops chalybaeus), Coastal Shiner (Alburnops petersoni), Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis), Dimerus Cichlid (Cichlasoma dimerus), Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus), and 30 others.
- Ironcolor Shiner Alburnops chalybaeus
- Coastal Shiner Alburnops petersoni
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Hardy Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- Monopterus
- White × Striped Bass Morone chrysops × saxatilis
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Spotted Tilapia Pelmatolapia mariae
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Red Jewel Cichlids Rubricatochromis
- Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
- Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii non-native
- Southern Platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus non-native
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue Tilapia, Green Swordtail, Southern Platyfish). 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
- 35 species
- from 158 individual records
- Observed
- May 16, 2006 – Jul 22, 2026
- 158 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 158 records