Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth Bass									Members of Micropterus
Family: Centrarchidae	S Rank: S5	G Rank: G5	State Status:	US Status:	Comments:	Synonym:		Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.com	GBIF Global Distribution iNaturalist


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

100 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	23
Alexander	6
Alleghany	3
Anson	13
Ashe	2
Avery	1
Beaufort	245
Bertie	188
Bladen	72
Brunswick	89
Buncombe	23
Burke	37
Cabarrus	26
Caldwell	11
Camden	35
Carteret	20
Caswell	13
Catawba	14
Chatham	56
Cherokee	13
Chowan	652
Clay	2
Cleveland	20
Columbus	63
Craven	152
Cumberland	23
Currituck	70
Dare	79
Davidson	29
Davie	12
Duplin	11
Durham	36
Edgecombe	9
Forsyth	12
Franklin	19
Gaston	24
Gates	79
Graham	1
Granville	35
Greene	7
Guilford	49
Halifax	19
Harnett	40
Haywood	32
Henderson	12
Hertford	335
Hoke	12
Hyde	8
Iredell	18
Jackson	11
Johnston	35
Jones	26
Lee	6
Lenoir	26
Lincoln	14
Macon	7
Madison	7
Martin	3
McDowell	17
Mecklenburg	42
Mitchell	4
Montgomery	31
Moore	53
Nash	19
New Hanover	121
Northampton	10
Onslow	19
Orange	68
Pamlico	28
Pasquotank	102
Pender	140
Perquimans	333
Person	15
Pitt	31
Polk	20
Randolph	48
Richmond	25
Robeson	29
Rockingham	23
Rowan	12
Rutherford	18
Sampson	23
Scotland	13
Stanly	22
Stokes	13
Surry	19
Swain	3
Transylvania	4
Tyrrell	147
Union	33
Vance	15
Wake	139
Warren	10
Washington	132
Watauga	8
Wayne	20
Wilkes	12
Wilson	18
Yadkin	7
Yancey	3

4,734 Records
County	Number of Records
Chowan	652
Hertford	335
Perquimans	333
Beaufort	245
Bertie	188
Craven	152
Tyrrell	147
Pender	140
Wake	139
Washington	132
New Hanover	121
Pasquotank	102
Brunswick	89
Dare	79
Gates	79
Bladen	72
Currituck	70
Orange	68
Columbus	63
Chatham	56
Moore	53
Guilford	49
Randolph	48
Mecklenburg	42
Harnett	40
Burke	37
Durham	36
Granville	35
Johnston	35
Camden	35
Union	33
Haywood	32
Pitt	31
Montgomery	31
Davidson	29
Robeson	29
Pamlico	28
Lenoir	26
Cabarrus	26
Jones	26
Richmond	25
Gaston	24
Alamance	23
Buncombe	23
Sampson	23
Cumberland	23
Rockingham	23
Stanly	22
Carteret	20
Cleveland	20
Wayne	20
Polk	20
Onslow	19
Nash	19
Surry	19
Halifax	19
Franklin	19
Wilson	18
Iredell	18
Rutherford	18
McDowell	17
Person	15
Vance	15
Catawba	14
Lincoln	14
Cherokee	13
Caswell	13
Stokes	13
Scotland	13
Anson	13
Wilkes	12
Forsyth	12
Hoke	12
Henderson	12
Rowan	12
Davie	12
Jackson	11
Duplin	11
Caldwell	11
Warren	10
Northampton	10
Edgecombe	9
Watauga	8
Hyde	8
Yadkin	7
Madison	7
Macon	7
Greene	7
Alexander	6
Lee	6
Mitchell	4
Transylvania	4
Yancey	3
Martin	3
Alleghany	3
Swain	3
Clay	2
Ashe	2
Graham	1
Avery	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	X - Native species
7 Hiwassee	X - Native species
8 Lumber	X - Native species
9 Little Tennessee	X - Native species
10 Neuse	X - Native species
11 New	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
12 Nolichucky	X - Native species
13 Pigeon	X - Native species
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	X - Native species
20 While Oak	X - Native species
21 Yadkin	X - Native species