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
Polyodon spathula - Paddlefish Sole member of genus in NC.
Family:
Polyodontidae		S Rank:
SX		G Rank:
G4		State Status:
E		US Status: Comments:
N.C. ENDANGERED; considered extirpated in NC by Tracy et al. (2020)		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.
                    
Records for Polyodon spathula have not been mapped to county.