Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina
Common Name: Scientific Name: Family: Status:
River Basins:Albemarle Broad Chowan Cape Fear Catawba French Broad Hiwassee Lumber Little Tennessee Neuse New   
Nolichucky Pigeon Roanoke Savannah Shallotte Tar Waccamaw Watauga While Oak Yadkin     OR AND
Cottus bairdii - Mottled Sculpin
Members of Cottus
Family:
Cottidae		S Rank:
S5		G Rank:
G5		State Status:
US Status: Comments:
Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.comGBIF Global Distribution   iNaturalist
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
                    
18 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Alleghany26
Ashe87
Avery22
Buncombe114
Cherokee107
Clay55
Graham28
Haywood24
Henderson83
Jackson102
Macon162
Madison25
Mitchell37
Polk6
Swain91
Transylvania73
Watauga37
Yancey67
  1,146 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Macon162
Buncombe114
Cherokee107
Jackson102
Swain91
Ashe87
Henderson83
Transylvania73
Yancey67
Clay55
Watauga37
Mitchell37
Graham28
Alleghany26
Madison25
Haywood24
Avery22
Polk6
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 BroadI - Native species, but introduced into this basin
2 French BroadX - Native species
3 HiwasseeX - Native species
4 Little TennesseeX - Native species
5 NewX - Native species
6 NolichuckyX - Native species
7 PigeonX - Native species
8 SavannahX - Native species
9 WataugaX - Native species