The Fishes of North Carolina
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Fundulidae Fundulus sp. “Lake Phelps” Killifish “Lake Phelps” Killifish. Fundulus sp. Unique Characters: Restricted to Lake Phelps. Usually 54-64 lateral scales. Genetically distinct … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Fundulidae Fundulus waccamensis Hubbs and Raney 1946 Waccamaw Killifish Fundulus waccamensis Unique Characters: Restricted to Lake Waccamaw. Slender body. Usually has 54-64 lateral … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Fundulidae Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus) 1766 Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Unique Characters: Truncate caudal fin, which is rounded in the other Fundulus. No black spot … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Fundulidae Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur) 1817 Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus Unique Characters: Lateral scales 35-50. Depth of caudal peduncle 2.0-2.8 times in the length … 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 Topminnow Family in North Carolina is a small family of 11 scientifically described and 1 undescribed species (Table 1) occurring primarily within the eastern Coastal … Read more
The marine fishes of North Carolina are much more difficult to quantify than the freshwater fishes. Freshwater fishes are contained in the particular river, creek, or lake in which they … 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
On Friday, November 25th, Fritz and I met up with Tim to explore the Lynches River and surrounding waterbodies in South Carolina. We had a few sites in mind that … Read more