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
Strongylura marina - Atlantic Needlefish Sole member of genus in NC.
Family:
Belonidae		S Rank:
S5		G Rank:
G5		State Status:
US Status: Comments:
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.
                    
26 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Anson3
Beaufort62
Bertie591
Bladen8
Brunswick11
Camden39
Carteret33
Chowan504
Craven43
Currituck146
Dare188
Edgecombe1
Gates1
Hertford27
Hyde14
Lee1
Lenoir1
New Hanover24
Onslow2
Pamlico14
Pasquotank36
Pender5
Perquimans475
Richmond1
Tyrrell200
Washington330
  2,760 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Bertie591
Chowan504
Perquimans475
Washington330
Tyrrell200
Dare188
Currituck146
Beaufort62
Craven43
Camden39
Pasquotank36
Carteret33
Hertford27
New Hanover24
Hyde14
Pamlico14
Brunswick11
Bladen8
Pender5
Anson3
Onslow2
Richmond1
Gates1
Edgecombe1
Lee1
Lenoir1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 AlbemarleX - Native species
2 ChowanX - Native species
3 Cape FearX - Native species
4 NeuseX - Native species
5 RoanokeX - Native species
6 ShallotteX - Native species
7 TarX - Native species
8 While OakX - Native species
9 YadkinX - Native species