Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Lepomis auritus - Redbreast Sunfish

Family:
Centrarchidae

S Rank:
S5

G Rank:
G5

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.

99 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	40
Alexander	34
Alleghany	17
Anson	38
Ashe	12
Avery	12
Beaufort	3
Bertie	41
Bladen	33
Brunswick	37
Buncombe	85
Burke	95
Cabarrus	65
Caldwell	78
Camden	3
Carteret	7
Caswell	36
Catawba	23
Chatham	129
Cherokee	29
Chowan	90
Clay	10
Cleveland	56
Columbus	48
Craven	17
Cumberland	37
Currituck	1
Dare	2
Davidson	36
Davie	21
Duplin	26
Durham	73
Edgecombe	26
Forsyth	24
Franklin	42
Gaston	47
Gates	15
Graham	2
Granville	84
Greene	15
Guilford	99
Halifax	26
Harnett	54
Haywood	39
Henderson	47
Hertford	129
Hoke	17
Iredell	43
Jackson	34
Johnston	57
Jones	40
Lee	14
Lenoir	43
Lincoln	39
Macon	60
Madison	32
Martin	1
McDowell	68
Mecklenburg	66
Mitchell	11
Montgomery	93
Moore	109
Nash	29
New Hanover	23
Northampton	18
Onslow	12
Orange	117
Pamlico	1
Pasquotank	2
Pender	47
Perquimans	31
Person	32
Pitt	45
Polk	43
Randolph	88
Richmond	63
Robeson	30
Rockingham	61
Rowan	33
Rutherford	77
Sampson	39
Scotland	8
Stanly	47
Stokes	85
Surry	53
Swain	3
Transylvania	32
Tyrrell	25
Union	64
Vance	15
Wake	181
Warren	33
Washington	18
Watauga	24
Wayne	28
Wilkes	66
Wilson	23
Yadkin	13
Yancey	13

4,132 Records
County	Number of Records
Wake	181
Chatham	129
Hertford	129
Orange	117
Moore	109
Guilford	99
Burke	95
Montgomery	93
Chowan	90
Randolph	88
Stokes	85
Buncombe	85
Granville	84
Caldwell	78
Rutherford	77
Durham	73
McDowell	68
Mecklenburg	66
Wilkes	66
Cabarrus	65
Union	64
Richmond	63
Rockingham	61
Macon	60
Johnston	57
Cleveland	56
Harnett	54
Surry	53
Columbus	48
Gaston	47
Pender	47
Henderson	47
Stanly	47
Pitt	45
Polk	43
Lenoir	43
Iredell	43
Franklin	42
Bertie	41
Jones	40
Alamance	40
Haywood	39
Lincoln	39
Sampson	39
Anson	38
Cumberland	37
Brunswick	37
Davidson	36
Caswell	36
Alexander	34
Jackson	34
Bladen	33
Warren	33
Rowan	33
Person	32
Madison	32
Transylvania	32
Perquimans	31
Robeson	30
Cherokee	29
Nash	29
Wayne	28
Duplin	26
Edgecombe	26
Halifax	26
Tyrrell	25
Forsyth	24
Watauga	24
Catawba	23
Wilson	23
New Hanover	23
Davie	21
Washington	18
Northampton	18
Hoke	17
Craven	17
Alleghany	17
Vance	15
Greene	15
Gates	15
Lee	14
Yancey	13
Yadkin	13
Avery	12
Ashe	12
Onslow	12
Mitchell	11
Clay	10
Scotland	8
Carteret	7
Camden	3
Swain	3
Beaufort	3
Graham	2
Pasquotank	2
Dare	2
Currituck	1
Pamlico	1
Martin	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Albemarle	X - Native species
2 Broad	X - Native species
3 Chowan	X - Native species
4 Cape Fear	X - Native species
5 Catawba	X - Native species
6 French Broad	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
7 Hiwassee	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
8 Lumber	X - Native species
9 Little Tennessee	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
10 Neuse	X - Native species
11 New	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
12 Nolichucky	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
13 Pigeon	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
14 Roanoke	X - Native species
15 Savannah	X - Native species
16 Shallotte	X - Native species
17 Tar	X - Native species
18 Waccamaw	X - Native species
19 Watauga	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
20 While Oak	X - Native species
21 Yadkin	X - Native species