Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Nocomis leptocephalus - Bluehead Chub

Family:
Leuciscidae

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.

64 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	53
Alexander	63
Alleghany	53
Anson	43
Ashe	64
Avery	15
Buncombe	2
Burke	163
Cabarrus	80
Caldwell	130
Caswell	46
Catawba	40
Chatham	153
Cleveland	104
Cumberland	8
Davidson	48
Davie	36
Durham	72
Edgecombe	1
Forsyth	44
Franklin	47
Gaston	67
Granville	127
Guilford	107
Halifax	34
Harnett	54
Henderson	23
Hoke	1
Iredell	72
Jackson	31
Johnston	39
Lee	15
Lincoln	69
Macon	18
McDowell	167
Mecklenburg	71
Mitchell	7
Montgomery	116
Moore	83
Nash	23
Northampton	4
Orange	151
Person	58
Pitt	3
Polk	66
Randolph	111
Richmond	52
Rockingham	99
Rowan	45
Rutherford	122
Stanly	51
Stokes	161
Surry	106
Transylvania	45
Union	67
Vance	28
Wake	218
Warren	48
Watauga	31
Wayne	2
Wilkes	150
Wilson	4
Yadkin	23
Yancey	8

4,042 Records
County	Number of Records
Wake	218
McDowell	167
Burke	163
Stokes	161
Chatham	153
Orange	151
Wilkes	150
Caldwell	130
Granville	127
Rutherford	122
Montgomery	116
Randolph	111
Guilford	107
Surry	106
Cleveland	104
Rockingham	99
Moore	83
Cabarrus	80
Durham	72
Iredell	72
Mecklenburg	71
Lincoln	69
Gaston	67
Union	67
Polk	66
Ashe	64
Alexander	63
Person	58
Harnett	54
Alleghany	53
Alamance	53
Richmond	52
Stanly	51
Davidson	48
Warren	48
Franklin	47
Caswell	46
Transylvania	45
Rowan	45
Forsyth	44
Anson	43
Catawba	40
Johnston	39
Davie	36
Halifax	34
Watauga	31
Jackson	31
Vance	28
Henderson	23
Yadkin	23
Nash	23
Macon	18
Lee	15
Avery	15
Yancey	8
Cumberland	8
Mitchell	7
Northampton	4
Wilson	4
Pitt	3
Wayne	2
Buncombe	2
Edgecombe	1
Hoke	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Broad	X - Native species
2 Chowan	X - Native species
3 Cape Fear	X - Native species
4 Catawba	X - Native species
5 French Broad	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
6 Lumber	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
7 Little Tennessee	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
8 Neuse	X - Native species
9 New	X - Native species
10 Nolichucky	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
11 Roanoke	X - Native species
12 Savannah	X - Native species
13 Tar	X - Native species
14 Yadkin	X - Native species