Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Lepomis cyanellus - Green Sunfish

Family:
Centrarchidae

S Rank:
SE

G Rank:
G5

State Status:

US Status:

Comments:
Not native

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.

77 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	36
Alexander	6
Alleghany	1
Anson	17
Ashe	8
Avery	2
Bertie	2
Buncombe	13
Burke	8
Cabarrus	36
Camden	2
Caswell	26
Catawba	3
Chatham	65
Cherokee	17
Chowan	2
Clay	4
Cleveland	6
Craven	4
Cumberland	5
Dare	10
Davidson	33
Davie	20
Durham	59
Edgecombe	9
Forsyth	13
Franklin	17
Gaston	7
Graham	3
Granville	89
Greene	4
Guilford	63
Halifax	11
Harnett	23
Haywood	20
Henderson	14
Hertford	8
Iredell	9
Johnston	24
Lee	11
Lenoir	10
Lincoln	6
Macon	22
Martin	1
McDowell	6
Mecklenburg	21
Montgomery	26
Moore	23
Nash	11
Northampton	1
Orange	42
Pasquotank	2
Perquimans	1
Person	31
Pitt	17
Polk	3
Randolph	42
Richmond	7
Rockingham	39
Rowan	24
Rutherford	20
Stanly	33
Stokes	18
Surry	15
Swain	4
Transylvania	1
Tyrrell	1
Union	59
Vance	24
Wake	125
Warren	16
Washington	1
Watauga	19
Wayne	9
Wilkes	4
Wilson	9
Yadkin	5

1,408 Records
County	Number of Records
Wake	125
Granville	89
Chatham	65
Guilford	63
Union	59
Durham	59
Randolph	42
Orange	42
Rockingham	39
Cabarrus	36
Alamance	36
Davidson	33
Stanly	33
Person	31
Montgomery	26
Caswell	26
Vance	24
Rowan	24
Johnston	24
Harnett	23
Moore	23
Macon	22
Mecklenburg	21
Haywood	20
Rutherford	20
Davie	20
Watauga	19
Stokes	18
Franklin	17
Anson	17
Pitt	17
Cherokee	17
Warren	16
Surry	15
Henderson	14
Forsyth	13
Buncombe	13
Lee	11
Nash	11
Halifax	11
Lenoir	10
Dare	10
Iredell	9
Edgecombe	9
Wilson	9
Wayne	9
Hertford	8
Burke	8
Ashe	8
Gaston	7
Richmond	7
Alexander	6
Cleveland	6
McDowell	6
Lincoln	6
Cumberland	5
Yadkin	5
Swain	4
Greene	4
Craven	4
Wilkes	4
Clay	4
Catawba	3
Graham	3
Polk	3
Pasquotank	2
Camden	2
Bertie	2
Chowan	2
Avery	2
Transylvania	1
Perquimans	1
Northampton	1
Tyrrell	1
Washington	1
Alleghany	1
Martin	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Albemarle	N - Non-native species
2 Broad	N - Non-native species
3 Chowan	N - Non-native species
4 Cape Fear	N - Non-native species
5 Catawba	N - Non-native species
6 French Broad	N - Non-native species
7 Hiwassee	N - Non-native species
8 Little Tennessee	N - Non-native species
9 Neuse	N - Non-native species
10 New	N - Non-native species
11 Nolichucky	N - Non-native species
12 Pigeon	N - Non-native species
13 Roanoke	N - Non-native species
14 Tar	N - Non-native species
15 Watauga	N - Non-native species
16 Yadkin	N - Non-native species