Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Centrarchidae Micropterus sp. “Bartram’s” Bass “Bartram’s” Bass Micropterus sp. “Bartram’s” Bass Unique Characters: Caudal fin lacks notable spotting and has a narrow pale … Read more
Family Scientific Name Author Year Common Name Centrarchidae Micropterus coosae Hubbs and Bailey 1940 Redeye Bass Micropterus coosae Unique Characters: Second dorsal, caudal, and anal fins have brick red coloration on … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team There are 23 species of sunfishes in North Carolina (Table 1), including one undescribed species, “Bartram’s” Bass and one species, Redeye Bass, found in only the … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team The New River basin, in the extreme northwest corner of North Carolina, is one of the smallest river basins in the state with a drainage area … 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 There are 18 species of catfishes in North Carolina including 3 undescribed species (Table 1) (Tracy et al. 2020). You might have heard people calling them … 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