ALAFIA RIVER NEAR BELL SHOALS RD NR RIVERVIEW FL
ALAFIA RIVER FL USGS
ALAFIA RIVER NEAR BELL SHOALS RD NR RIVERVIEW FL (02301635) is a real-time river monitoring station on the ALAFIA RIVER in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02301635
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.8572, -82.2686
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlafia River Near Bell Shoals Rd Nr Riverview Fl has 43 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), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Pike Topminnow (Belonesox belizanus), and 38 others.
- Ironcolor Shiner Alburnops chalybaeus
- Coastal Shiner Alburnops petersoni
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Pike Topminnow Belonesox belizanus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Tidewater Mojarra Eucinostomus harengulus
- Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- 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
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- Monopterus
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- 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
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
- Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii non-native
- Southern Platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus non-native
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, 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
- 43 species
- from 198 individual records
- Observed
- May 16, 2006 – Jul 22, 2026
- 198 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 198 records