Carpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Catostomidae Carpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback “Carolina” Quillback Unique Characters: Subopercle asymmetrical (triangular). Lower lip with no small fleshy knob … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Catostomidae Carpiodes sp. “Atlantic” Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes sp. “Atlantic” Highfin Carpsucker Unique Characters: Subopercle asymmetrical (triangular). Lower lip with small fleshy knob at … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team Two new identification keys to the freshwater fishes of North Carolina have been recently published by the North American Native Fishes Association (http://www.nanfa.org/) in their journal … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team This is the last blog in the series focusing on the freshwater fishes of North Carolina, which was launched on June 17, 2020 (https://ncfishes.com/identification-of-north-carolina-freshwater-fishes/). In some … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team The correct identification of suckers (Family Catostomidae) may be intimidating to those students or citizens just beginning to study our extremely diverse and colorful freshwater fish … Read more
Our checklist of the freshwater fishes of North Carolina follows: Tracy, B. H., F.C. Rohde, and G. M. Hogue. (2020). An annotated atlas of the freshwater fishes of North Carolina. … Read more