RIO CIBUCO AT VEGA BAJA, PR
RIO CIBUCO PR USGS
RIO CIBUCO AT VEGA BAJA, PR (50039500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the RIO CIBUCO in PR, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 79 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 50039500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PR
- Coordinates
- 18.4473, -66.3744
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRio Cibuco At Vega Baja, Pr has 79 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Atlantic Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis), Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus), Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus tractus), Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus), Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus), and 74 others.
- Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis
- Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus
- Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish Acanthurus tractus
- Midas Cichlid Amphilophus citrinellus
- Porkfish Anisotremus virginicus
- Oscar Astronotus ocellatus non-native
- Western Atlantic Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus
- Antilles Frillfin Bathygobius antilliensis
- Spanish Hogfish Bodianus rufus
- Atlantic Peacock Flounder Bothus lunatus
- Mottled Flounder Bothus maculiferus
- Orangespotted Filefish Cantherhines pullus
- Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster rostrata
- Horse-Eye Jack Caranx latus
- Bar Jack Caranx ruber
- Coney Cephalopholis fulva
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
- Four-Eyed Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus
- Banded Butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus
- Butterfly Peacock Bass Cichla ocellaris
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Mountain Mullet Dajaus monticola
- Longspined Porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
- Spotted Porcupinefish Diodon hystrix
- Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata
- Smallscaled Spinycheek Sleeper Eleotris perniger
- Pearl Blenny Entomacrodus nigricans
- Red Hind Epinephelus guttatus
- Flagfin Mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus
- Caribbean Gambusia Gambusia puncticulata
- Yellowfin Mojarra Gerres cinereus
- Spotted Moray Gymnothorax moringa
- Caesar Grunt Haemulon carbonarium
- French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum
- Striped Grunt Haemulon striatum
- Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus
- Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnoti
- Clown Wrasse Halichoeres maculipinna
- Blackear Wrasse Halichoeres poeyi
- Puddingwife Wrasse Halichoeres radiatus
- Redear Herring Harengula humeralis
- Squirrelfish Holocentrus adscensionis
- Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus
- Buffalo Trunkfish Lactophrys trigonus
- Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter
- Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis
- Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Sand Tilefish Malacanthus plumieri
- Goldline Blenny Malacoctenus aurolineatus
- Saddled Blenny Malacoctenus triangulatus
- Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
- Black Triggerfish Melichthys niger
- Opossum Pipefish Microphis lineatus
- Yellow Goatfish Mulloidichthys martinicus
- Goldspotted Eel Myrichthys ocellatus
- Spotted Snake Eel Ophichthus ophis
- Highhat Pareques acuminatus
- Glassy Sweeper Pempheris schomburgkii
- French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru
- Spotted Goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus
- Common Lionfish Pterois volitans
- Greater Soapfish Rypticus saponaceus
- Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri
- Cero Scomberomorus regalis
- Spotted Scorpionfish Scorpaena plumieri
- Lantern Bass Serranus baldwini
- Bucktooth Parrotfish Sparisoma radians
- Yellowtail Parrotfish Sparisoma rubripinne
- Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride
- Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
- Dusky Damselfish Stegastes adustus
- Beaugregory Stegastes leucostictus
- Sand Diver Synodus intermedius
- Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum
- Permit Trachinotus falcatus
- Palometa Trachinotus goodei
- Houndfish Tylosurus crocodilus
- Redhead Cichlid Vieja melanurus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Oscar). 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
- 79 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Mar 27, 2022 – Jul 8, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records