Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Lepomis microlophus - Redear Sunfish

Family:
Centrarchidae

S Rank:
SE

G Rank:
G5

State Status:

US Status:

Comments:
Not native

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.

83 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	13
Anson	12
Beaufort	10
Bertie	28
Bladen	38
Brunswick	26
Buncombe	3
Burke	2
Cabarrus	12
Camden	1
Carteret	1
Caswell	5
Catawba	1
Chatham	19
Cherokee	1
Chowan	74
Cleveland	3
Columbus	14
Craven	12
Cumberland	8
Currituck	4
Dare	31
Davidson	12
Davie	3
Duplin	1
Durham	8
Edgecombe	6
Forsyth	3
Franklin	3
Gaston	6
Gates	10
Granville	11
Greene	4
Guilford	22
Halifax	5
Harnett	13
Henderson	1
Hertford	65
Hoke	1
Iredell	2
Johnston	11
Jones	10
Lee	1
Lenoir	11
Lincoln	9
Madison	1
McDowell	1
Mecklenburg	8
Montgomery	7
Moore	17
Nash	9
New Hanover	94
Northampton	6
Orange	19
Pamlico	2
Pasquotank	3
Pender	130
Perquimans	58
Person	13
Pitt	10
Randolph	18
Richmond	7
Robeson	9
Rockingham	2
Rowan	10
Rutherford	4
Sampson	2
Scotland	5
Stanly	10
Stokes	1
Surry	5
Swain	1
Transylvania	1
Tyrrell	35
Union	14
Vance	3
Wake	49
Warren	6
Washington	9
Watauga	1
Wayne	7
Wilkes	1
Wilson	6

1,120 Records
County	Number of Records
Pender	130
New Hanover	94
Chowan	74
Hertford	65
Perquimans	58
Wake	49
Bladen	38
Tyrrell	35
Dare	31
Bertie	28
Brunswick	26
Guilford	22
Orange	19
Chatham	19
Randolph	18
Moore	17
Union	14
Columbus	14
Alamance	13
Person	13
Harnett	13
Craven	12
Davidson	12
Cabarrus	12
Anson	12
Granville	11
Lenoir	11
Johnston	11
Pitt	10
Rowan	10
Stanly	10
Jones	10
Gates	10
Beaufort	10
Nash	9
Robeson	9
Washington	9
Lincoln	9
Cumberland	8
Mecklenburg	8
Durham	8
Wayne	7
Montgomery	7
Richmond	7
Edgecombe	6
Warren	6
Gaston	6
Northampton	6
Wilson	6
Scotland	5
Surry	5
Halifax	5
Caswell	5
Rutherford	4
Greene	4
Currituck	4
Pasquotank	3
Forsyth	3
Franklin	3
Vance	3
Buncombe	3
Cleveland	3
Davie	3
Sampson	2
Pamlico	2
Iredell	2
Rockingham	2
Burke	2
McDowell	1
Wilkes	1
Henderson	1
Watauga	1
Cherokee	1
Hoke	1
Transylvania	1
Catawba	1
Swain	1
Duplin	1
Camden	1
Lee	1
Madison	1
Carteret	1
Stokes	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Albemarle	N - Non-native species
2 Broad	N - Non-native species
3 Chowan	N - Non-native species
4 Cape Fear	N - Non-native species
5 Catawba	N - Non-native species
6 French Broad	N - Non-native species
7 Hiwassee	N - Non-native species
8 Lumber	N - Non-native species
9 Little Tennessee	N - Non-native species
10 Neuse	N - Non-native species
11 New	N - Non-native species
12 Roanoke	N - Non-native species
13 Shallotte	N - Non-native species
14 Tar	N - Non-native species
15 Waccamaw	N - Non-native species
16 While Oak	N - Non-native species
17 Yadkin	N - Non-native species