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
Lepomis cyanellus - Green Sunfish
Members of Lepomis
Family:
Centrarchidae		S Rank:
SE		G Rank:
G5		State Status:
US Status: Comments:
Not native		Synonym:
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.
                    
77 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Alamance36
Alexander6
Alleghany1
Anson17
Ashe8
Avery2
Bertie2
Buncombe13
Burke8
Cabarrus36
Camden2
Caswell26
Catawba3
Chatham65
Cherokee17
Chowan2
Clay4
Cleveland6
Craven4
Cumberland5
Dare10
Davidson33
Davie20
Durham59
Edgecombe9
Forsyth13
Franklin17
Gaston7
Graham3
Granville89
Greene4
Guilford63
Halifax11
Harnett23
Haywood20
Henderson14
Hertford8
Iredell9
Johnston24
Lee11
Lenoir10
Lincoln6
Macon22
Martin1
McDowell6
Mecklenburg21
Montgomery26
Moore23
Nash11
Northampton1
Orange42
Pasquotank2
Perquimans1
Person31
Pitt17
Polk3
Randolph42
Richmond7
Rockingham39
Rowan24
Rutherford20
Stanly33
Stokes18
Surry15
Swain4
Transylvania1
Tyrrell1
Union59
Vance24
Wake125
Warren16
Washington1
Watauga19
Wayne9
Wilkes4
Wilson9
Yadkin5
  1,408 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Wake125
Granville89
Chatham65
Guilford63
Union59
Durham59
Randolph42
Orange42
Rockingham39
Cabarrus36
Alamance36
Davidson33
Stanly33
Person31
Montgomery26
Caswell26
Vance24
Rowan24
Johnston24
Harnett23
Moore23
Macon22
Mecklenburg21
Haywood20
Rutherford20
Davie20
Watauga19
Stokes18
Franklin17
Anson17
Pitt17
Cherokee17
Warren16
Surry15
Henderson14
Forsyth13
Buncombe13
Lee11
Nash11
Halifax11
Lenoir10
Dare10
Iredell9
Edgecombe9
Wilson9
Wayne9
Hertford8
Burke8
Ashe8
Gaston7
Richmond7
Alexander6
Cleveland6
McDowell6
Lincoln6
Cumberland5
Yadkin5
Swain4
Greene4
Craven4
Wilkes4
Clay4
Catawba3
Graham3
Polk3
Pasquotank2
Camden2
Bertie2
Chowan2
Avery2
Transylvania1
Perquimans1
Northampton1
Tyrrell1
Washington1
Alleghany1
Martin1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 AlbemarleN - Non-native species
2 BroadN - Non-native species
3 ChowanN - Non-native species
4 Cape FearN - Non-native species
5 CatawbaN - Non-native species
6 French BroadN - Non-native species
7 HiwasseeN - Non-native species
8 Little TennesseeN - Non-native species
9 NeuseN - Non-native species
10 NewN - Non-native species
11 NolichuckyN - Non-native species
12 PigeonN - Non-native species
13 RoanokeN - Non-native species
14 TarN - Non-native species
15 WataugaN - Non-native species
16 YadkinN - Non-native species