Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Esox niger - Chain Pickerel

Family:
Esocidae

S Rank:
S5

G Rank:
G5

State Status:

US Status:

Comments:

Synonym:

Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.com

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

67 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	4
Anson	5
Beaufort	31
Bertie	64
Bladen	30
Brunswick	35
Buncombe	4
Camden	22
Carteret	4
Caswell	2
Chatham	40
Chowan	257
Columbus	46
Craven	62
Cumberland	20
Currituck	15
Dare	39
Davidson	3
Duplin	16
Durham	3
Edgecombe	12
Forsyth	1
Franklin	4
Gates	142
Granville	32
Greene	10
Guilford	1
Halifax	10
Harnett	12
Henderson	19
Hertford	211
Hoke	19
Hyde	3
Johnston	27
Jones	25
Lee	2
Lenoir	15
Martin	6
Montgomery	35
Moore	70
Nash	11
New Hanover	21
Northampton	16
Onslow	8
Orange	26
Pamlico	5
Pasquotank	27
Pender	33
Perquimans	82
Person	3
Pitt	19
Randolph	6
Richmond	32
Robeson	41
Rowan	1
Sampson	37
Scotland	24
Stanly	5
Transylvania	1
Tyrrell	61
Union	2
Vance	6
Wake	15
Warren	5
Washington	88
Wayne	20
Wilson	13

1,966 Records
County	Number of Records
Chowan	257
Hertford	211
Gates	142
Washington	88
Perquimans	82
Moore	70
Bertie	64
Craven	62
Tyrrell	61
Columbus	46
Robeson	41
Chatham	40
Dare	39
Sampson	37
Brunswick	35
Montgomery	35
Pender	33
Richmond	32
Granville	32
Beaufort	31
Bladen	30
Pasquotank	27
Johnston	27
Orange	26
Jones	25
Scotland	24
Camden	22
New Hanover	21
Cumberland	20
Wayne	20
Pitt	19
Henderson	19
Hoke	19
Duplin	16
Northampton	16
Currituck	15
Wake	15
Lenoir	15
Wilson	13
Edgecombe	12
Harnett	12
Nash	11
Halifax	10
Greene	10
Onslow	8
Martin	6
Vance	6
Randolph	6
Anson	5
Pamlico	5
Warren	5
Stanly	5
Buncombe	4
Carteret	4
Alamance	4
Franklin	4
Durham	3
Davidson	3
Person	3
Hyde	3
Union	2
Caswell	2
Lee	2
Rowan	1
Transylvania	1
Guilford	1
Forsyth	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Albemarle	X - Native species
2 Chowan	X - Native species
3 Cape Fear	X - Native species
4 French Broad	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
5 Lumber	X - Native species
6 Neuse	X - Native species
7 Roanoke	X - Native species
8 Shallotte	X - Native species
9 Tar	X - Native species
10 Waccamaw	X - Native species
11 While Oak	X - Native species
12 Yadkin	X - Native species