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
Oreochromis aureus - Blue Tilapia Sole member of genus in NC.
Family:
Cichlidae		S Rank:
SE		G Rank:
G5		State Status:
US Status: Comments:
Not native		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.
                    
3 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Buncombe2
Iredell1
Person2
  5 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Buncombe2
Person2
Iredell1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 CatawbaN - Non-native species
2 French BroadN - Non-native species
3 RoanokeN - Non-native species