Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Lepomis macrochirus - Bluegill

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.

100 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	41
Alexander	14
Alleghany	5
Anson	27
Ashe	7
Avery	2
Beaufort	190
Bertie	227
Bladen	106
Brunswick	109
Buncombe	46
Burke	42
Cabarrus	53
Caldwell	32
Camden	83
Carteret	17
Caswell	31
Catawba	15
Chatham	110
Cherokee	32
Chowan	609
Clay	11
Cleveland	28
Columbus	90
Craven	95
Cumberland	26
Currituck	124
Dare	76
Davidson	38
Davie	19
Duplin	27
Durham	72
Edgecombe	29
Forsyth	21
Franklin	43
Gaston	41
Gates	113
Graham	9
Granville	90
Greene	21
Guilford	95
Halifax	29
Harnett	59
Haywood	30
Henderson	27
Hertford	275
Hoke	8
Hyde	20
Iredell	29
Jackson	23
Johnston	67
Jones	29
Lee	24
Lenoir	37
Lincoln	29
Macon	27
Madison	9
Martin	4
McDowell	17
Mecklenburg	51
Mitchell	3
Montgomery	45
Moore	98
Nash	40
New Hanover	153
Northampton	11
Onslow	14
Orange	99
Pamlico	39
Pasquotank	164
Pender	250
Perquimans	446
Person	29
Pitt	62
Polk	23
Randolph	68
Richmond	53
Robeson	41
Rockingham	41
Rowan	26
Rutherford	38
Sampson	23
Scotland	19
Stanly	35
Stokes	25
Surry	29
Swain	8
Transylvania	9
Tyrrell	221
Union	57
Vance	22
Wake	216
Warren	22
Washington	124
Watauga	19
Wayne	29
Wilkes	16
Wilson	37
Yadkin	11
Yancey	2

6,327 Records
County	Number of Records
Chowan	609
Perquimans	446
Hertford	275
Pender	250
Bertie	227
Tyrrell	221
Wake	216
Beaufort	190
Pasquotank	164
New Hanover	153
Currituck	124
Washington	124
Gates	113
Chatham	110
Brunswick	109
Bladen	106
Orange	99
Moore	98
Guilford	95
Craven	95
Columbus	90
Granville	90
Camden	83
Dare	76
Durham	72
Randolph	68
Johnston	67
Pitt	62
Harnett	59
Union	57
Cabarrus	53
Richmond	53
Mecklenburg	51
Buncombe	46
Montgomery	45
Franklin	43
Burke	42
Robeson	41
Rockingham	41
Alamance	41
Gaston	41
Nash	40
Pamlico	39
Rutherford	38
Davidson	38
Lenoir	37
Wilson	37
Stanly	35
Caldwell	32
Cherokee	32
Caswell	31
Haywood	30
Surry	29
Halifax	29
Jones	29
Iredell	29
Wayne	29
Lincoln	29
Edgecombe	29
Person	29
Cleveland	28
Anson	27
Macon	27
Duplin	27
Henderson	27
Cumberland	26
Rowan	26
Stokes	25
Lee	24
Polk	23
Sampson	23
Jackson	23
Vance	22
Warren	22
Forsyth	21
Greene	21
Hyde	20
Davie	19
Scotland	19
Watauga	19
McDowell	17
Carteret	17
Wilkes	16
Catawba	15
Onslow	14
Alexander	14
Yadkin	11
Clay	11
Northampton	11
Transylvania	9
Graham	9
Madison	9
Swain	8
Hoke	8
Ashe	7
Alleghany	5
Martin	4
Mitchell	3
Yancey	2
Avery	2

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