ALLIGATOR CREEK AT KAPOK PARK AT CLEARWATER FL
ALLIGATOR CREEK FL USGS
ALLIGATOR CREEK AT KAPOK PARK AT CLEARWATER FL (02307674) 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. 60 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02307674
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.9755, -82.7132
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlligator Creek At Kapok Park At Clearwater Fl has 60 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), and 55 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser desotoi
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Pike Topminnow Belonesox belizanus
- Shad Porgy Calamus arctifrons
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sand Perch Diplectrum formosum
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- White Grunt Haemulon plumierii
- Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana
- Texas Cichlid Herichthys cyanoguttatus
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Common Mullets Mugil
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Red Goatfish Mullus auratus
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Tilapias Oreochromis
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Marbled Blenny Paraclinus marmoratus
- Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Common Molly Poecilia sphenops
- Leopard Searobin Prionotus scitulus
- African Cichlids Pseudocrenilabrinae
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Red Jewel Cichlids Rubricatochromis
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Barbfish Scorpaena brasiliensis
- Pygmy Sea Bass Serraniculus pumilio
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Planehead Filefish Stephanolepis hispida
- Strongylura
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Southern Codling Urophycis floridana
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue Tilapia, Nile 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
- 60 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Feb 9, 2025 – Aug 15, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records