Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Anguilla rostrata - American Eel

Sole member of genus in NC.

Family:
Anguillidae

S Rank:
S4 (S5)

G Rank:
G4

State Status:

US Status:

Comments:

Synonym:

Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.com

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County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.

62 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	1
Anson	6
Beaufort	425
Bertie	80
Bladen	21
Brunswick	133
Cabarrus	5
Camden	49
Carteret	145
Chatham	5
Chowan	82
Columbus	49
Craven	164
Cumberland	19
Currituck	129
Dare	184
Davidson	1
Duplin	15
Durham	8
Edgecombe	18
Franklin	3
Gates	9
Granville	2
Greene	7
Guilford	1
Halifax	8
Harnett	20
Hertford	33
Hoke	5
Hyde	334
Johnston	43
Jones	26
Lee	1
Lenoir	15
Martin	3
McDowell	8
Montgomery	7
Moore	14
Nash	21
New Hanover	55
Northampton	13
Onslow	110
Orange	6
Pamlico	410
Pasquotank	55
Pender	45
Perquimans	148
Person	1
Pitt	32
Richmond	10
Robeson	19
Sampson	41
Scotland	3
Stanly	3
Tyrrell	74
Union	2
Vance	1
Wake	56
Warren	6
Washington	22
Wayne	18
Wilson	10

3,239 Records
County	Number of Records
Beaufort	425
Pamlico	410
Hyde	334
Dare	184
Craven	164
Perquimans	148
Carteret	145
Brunswick	133
Currituck	129
Onslow	110
Chowan	82
Bertie	80
Tyrrell	74
Wake	56
Pasquotank	55
New Hanover	55
Columbus	49
Camden	49
Pender	45
Johnston	43
Sampson	41
Hertford	33
Pitt	32
Jones	26
Washington	22
Bladen	21
Nash	21
Harnett	20
Cumberland	19
Robeson	19
Wayne	18
Edgecombe	18
Duplin	15
Lenoir	15
Moore	14
Northampton	13
Richmond	10
Wilson	10
Gates	9
Halifax	8
Durham	8
McDowell	8
Greene	7
Montgomery	7
Warren	6
Orange	6
Anson	6
Hoke	5
Chatham	5
Cabarrus	5
Franklin	3
Stanly	3
Scotland	3
Martin	3
Granville	2
Union	2
Lee	1
Alamance	1
Guilford	1
Person	1
Vance	1
Davidson	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 French Broad	X - Native species