The Fishes of North Carolina
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Clinostomus sp. “Hiwassee” Dace “Hiwassee” Dace Clinostomus sp. “Hiwassee” Dace Unique Characters: Large, oblique mouth and blunt snout. Body compressed and covered … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Clinostomus sp. “Smoky” Dace “Smoky” Dace Clinostomus sp. “Smoky” Dace Unique Characters: Large, oblique mouth and blunt snout. Body compressed and covered … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Leuciscidae Clinostomus funduloides Girard 1856 Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides Unique Characters: Large, oblique mouth and pointed snout. Body compressed and covered with small … 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
“Minnow” Species (Families Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, and Leuciscidae) Diversity in North Carolina By the NCFishes.com Team Next to our native darters (Family Percidae), our native species of minnows rival the brightly … 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