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
Acipenser brevirostrum - Shortnose Sturgeon
Members of Acipenser
Family:
Acipenseridae		S Rank:
S1		G Rank:
G3		State Status:
E		US Status: E Comments:
U.S. ENDANGERED, N.C. ENDANGERED
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.
                    
5 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Anson1
Bertie3
Brunswick10
Columbus4
Pender2
  20 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Brunswick10
Columbus4
Bertie3
Pender2
Anson1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 AlbemarleX - Native species
2 ChowanX - Native species
3 Cape FearX - Native species
4 YadkinX - Native species