BEE BRANCH NEAR PALM HARBOR FL
BEE BRANCH FL USGS
BEE BRANCH NEAR PALM HARBOR FL (02309447) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the BEE BRANCH 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. 67 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02309447
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.0711, -82.7637
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBee Branch Near Palm Harbor Fl has 67 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), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), and 62 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Shad Porgy Calamus arctifrons
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Dimerus Cichlid Cichlasoma dimerus
- Sand Weakfish Cynoscion arenarius
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Sand Perch Diplectrum formosum
- Spottail Seabream Diplodus holbrookii
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Silver Jenny Eucinostomus gula
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Diamond Killifish Fundulus xenicus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- White Grunt Haemulon plumierii
- Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- American Flagfish Jordanella floridae
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Atlantic Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Common Mullets Mugil
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Drum Pogonias cromis
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Blackwing Searobin Prionotus rubio
- African Cichlids Pseudocrenilabrinae
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Red Jewel Cichlids Rubricatochromis
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
- Pygmy Sea Bass Serraniculus pumilio
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Bandtail Puffer Sphoeroides spengleri
- Strongylura
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
- Southern Codling Urophycis floridana
- Spotted Hake Urophycis regia
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
- 67 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 8, 2025 – Aug 15, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records