Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina
Common Name: Scientific Name: Family: Status: Undescribed Species:
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 oxyrinchus - Atlantic Sturgeon
Members of Acipenser
Family:
Acipenseridae		S Rank:
S2		G Rank:
G3		State Status:
E		US Status: E Comments:
U.S. ENDANGERED, N.C. ENDANGERED		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.
                    
26 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Anson2
Beaufort24
Bertie16
Bladen2
Brunswick64
Carteret7
Chatham1
Chowan4
Craven36
Dare33
Edgecombe1
Hertford1
Hyde19
Johnston1
Martin2
New Hanover51
Northampton3
Onslow6
Pamlico19
Pender20
Perquimans2
Pitt1
Richmond2
Tyrrell4
Washington9
Wayne1
  331 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Brunswick64
New Hanover51
Craven36
Dare33
Beaufort24
Pender20
Pamlico19
Hyde19
Bertie16
Washington9
Carteret7
Onslow6
Chowan4
Tyrrell4
Northampton3
Martin2
Richmond2
Bladen2
Perquimans2
Anson2
Chatham1
Wayne1
Edgecombe1
Johnston1
Pitt1
Hertford1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 AlbemarleX - Native species
2 ChowanX - Native species
3 Cape FearX - Native species
4 NeuseX - Native species
5 RoanokeX - Native species
6 TarX - Native species
7 While OakX - Native species
8 YadkinX - Native species