HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AT PLATT STREET AT TAMPA FL
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER FL USGS
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AT PLATT STREET AT TAMPA FL (02306028) is a real-time river monitoring station on the HILLSBOROUGH 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. 51 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02306028
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.9420, -82.4588
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyHillsborough River At Platt Street At Tampa Fl has 51 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Frillfin Goby (Bathygobius soporator), and 46 others.
- Convict Cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Frillfin Goby Bathygobius soporator
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Sand Weakfish Cynoscion arenarius
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme
- Silver Jenny Eucinostomus gula
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Monopterus
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata
- Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid Rubricatochromis letourneuxi
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Strongylura
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- 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
- 51 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 18, 2024 – Aug 18, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records