Have you ever thought how many species of freshwater fish have been lost from North Carolina’s natural heritage since North Carolina was first explored by Europeans in the early 1500s … Read more
Guest blogger is Thomas (TR) Russ, NCWRC Aquatic Wildlife Diversity Program, Marion, NC The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) Aquatic Wildlife Diversity program is tasked with keeping common animals … Read more
NCFishes.com team members Fritz Rohde and Bryn Tracy with photographic expertise from Scott A. Smith and Jesse L. Bissette, along with six other colleagues and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins (deceased … Read more
The NCFishes.com Team has reported on North Carolina’s lampreys twice in our blogs — Distribution of American Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron appendix, in North Carolina (January 30, 2023) and Lamprey (Family … Read more
Let’s start this blog off with a slew of questions: Regardless if you know all the answers to these questions or do not know any of the answers, come along … Read more
In North Carolina, the Freshwater Drum, Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 (Figure 1), is indigenous to the western Mountain river basins where until recently, had been known from only a handful … Read more
Christopher Scharpf of the ETYFish Project (https://etyfish.org/) recently posted a revised guide to zoological nomenclature (see attached pdf file). His essay is an introduction to zoological nomenclature illustrated with names … Read more
The NCFishes.com team is excited to announce that their book: “A Guide to North Carolina’s Freshwater Fishes” will be available for purchase in March 2024. Their guide has been in … Read more
Written by Holly Kays, Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville, NC, Wednesday, August 09, 2023 The Little Tennessee River isn’t deep as it flows through the patchwork Needmore Game Lands near the … Read more
Written by Holly Kays, Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville, NC, Wednesday, August 02, 2023 When the impending closure of Canton’s paper mill was announced in March, conservation professionals predicted a swift … Read more