ALLIGATOR CREEK BELOW BELCHER RD AT CLEARWATER FL
ALLIGATOR CREEK FL USGS
ALLIGATOR CREEK BELOW BELCHER RD AT CLEARWATER FL (02307668) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the ALLIGATOR CREEK 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. 62 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02307668
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.9797, -82.7423
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlligator Creek Below Belcher Rd At Clearwater Fl has 62 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), Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser desotoi), Ocellated Flounder (Ancylopsetta quadrocellata), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), and 57 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser desotoi
- Ocellated Flounder Ancylopsetta quadrocellata
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Pike Topminnow Belonesox belizanus
- Shad Porgy Calamus arctifrons
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Florida Blenny Chasmodes saburrae
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Sand Weakfish Cynoscion arenarius
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
- Spottail Seabream Diplodus holbrookii
- Whitefin Sharksucker Echeneis neucratoides
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Silver Jenny Eucinostomus gula
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Tomtate Haemulon aurolineatum
- White Grunt Haemulon plumierii
- Ballyhoo Hemiramphus brasiliensis
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Gulf Kingcroaker Menticirrhus littoralis
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Fringed Filefish Monacanthus ciliatus
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Leopard Searobin Prionotus scitulus
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
- Barbfish Scorpaena brasiliensis
- Lookdown Selene vomer
- Belted Sandfish Serranus subligarius
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Bandtail Puffer Sphoeroides spengleri
- Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
- Dusky Pipefish Syngnathus floridae
- Gulf Pipefish Syngnathus scovelli
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue Tilapia). 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
- 62 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jan 14, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records