ALAFIA RIVER AT GIBSONTON FL
ALAFIA RIVER FL USGS
ALAFIA RIVER AT GIBSONTON FL (02301721) 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
- 02301721
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.8597, -82.3843
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlafia River At Gibsonton 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: Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Atlantic Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos), and 38 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Yellowfin Mojarra Gerres cinereus
- Highfin Goby Gobionellus oceanicus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- Common Mullets Mugil
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii non-native
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Grass Carp, 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
- 43 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Feb 18, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records