Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Pimephales promelas - Fathead Minnow

Family:
Leuciscidae

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.

30 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	4
Alexander	2
Anson	2
Buncombe	1
Burke	1
Cabarrus	2
Chatham	5
Cherokee	2
Cleveland	3
Davidson	2
Gaston	1
Granville	2
Haywood	8
Henderson	1
Iredell	2
Lincoln	3
Macon	1
McDowell	3
Mitchell	2
Montgomery	2
Person	2
Pitt	2
Randolph	3
Rowan	4
Stanly	4
Stokes	1
Surry	3
Swain	1
Wake	4
Wilkes	6

79 Records
County	Number of Records
Haywood	8
Wilkes	6
Chatham	5
Rowan	4
Alamance	4
Wake	4
Stanly	4
Lincoln	3
Randolph	3
Surry	3
McDowell	3
Cleveland	3
Person	2
Montgomery	2
Mitchell	2
Pitt	2
Iredell	2
Cherokee	2
Anson	2
Alexander	2
Davidson	2
Cabarrus	2
Granville	2
Swain	1
Henderson	1
Buncombe	1
Stokes	1
Macon	1
Burke	1
Gaston	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Broad	N - Non-native species
2 Cape Fear	N - Non-native species
3 Catawba	N - Non-native species
4 French Broad	N - Non-native species
5 Hiwassee	N - Non-native species
6 Little Tennessee	N - Non-native species
7 Neuse	N - Non-native species
8 New	N - Non-native species
9 Nolichucky	N - Non-native species
10 Pigeon	N - Non-native species
11 Roanoke	N - Non-native species
12 Tar	N - Non-native species
13 Yadkin	N - Non-native species