Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina
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Common Name:
Scientific Name:
Family:
Status:
Native
Native-introduced
Non-native
Extirpated
Undescribed Species:
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Carpiodes sp. 1 - 'Atlantic' Highfin Carpsucker
Carpiodes sp. 2 - 'Carolina' Quillback
Clinostomus sp. 1 - 'Smoky' Dace
Clinostomus sp. 2 - 'Hiwassee' Dace
Etheostoma sp. 1 - 'Tessellated' Darter
Fundulus sp. cf. diaphanus - Lake Phelps Killifish
Hydrophlox sp. 1 - 'Piedmont' Shiner
Micropterus sp. 1 (Savannah) - 'Bartram's' Bass
Moxostoma sp. 3 - 'Carolina' Redhorse
Moxostoma sp. 4 - 'Brassy' Jumprock
Notropis sp. 1 - 'Kanawha' Rosyface Shiner
Noturus sp. 1 - 'Cape Fear Broadtail' Madtom
Noturus sp. 2 - 'Lake Waccamaw Broadtail' Madtom
Noturus sp. 3 - 'Pee Dee Broadtail' Madtom
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
Noturus furiosus
- Carolina Madtom
Members of Noturus
Noturus eleutherus - Mountain Madtom
Noturus flavus - Stonecat
Noturus furiosus - Carolina Madtom
Noturus gilberti - Orangefin Madtom
Noturus gyrinus - Tadpole Madtom
Noturus insignis - Margined Madtom
Noturus sp. 1 - 'Cape Fear Broadtail' Madtom
Noturus sp. 2 - 'Lake Waccamaw Broadtail' Madtom
Noturus sp. 3 - 'Pee Dee Broadtail' Madtom
Family:
Ictaluridae
S Rank:
S2
G Rank:
G2
State Status:
E
US Status: E
Comments:
U.S. ENDANGERED; N.C. ENDANGERED; endemic to N.C., nearly extirpated from the Neuse basin
Synonym:
Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina --
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Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
16 Counties
County
Number of Records
Craven
1
Durham
1
Edgecombe
52
Franklin
36
Granville
7
Greene
4
Halifax
37
Johnston
30
Jones
6
Lenoir
3
Nash
80
Vance
5
Wake
12
Warren
2
Wayne
11
Wilson
10
297 Records
County
Number of Records
Nash
80
Edgecombe
52
Halifax
37
Franklin
36
Johnston
30
Wake
12
Wayne
11
Wilson
10
Granville
7
Jones
6
Vance
5
Greene
4
Lenoir
3
Warren
2
Durham
1
Craven
1
Basin Summary
Basin
Basin Status
1 Neuse
X - Native species
2 Tar
X - Native species