Needlefish (Family Belonidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team The waters along and off the coast are where you will find all five species within the Family Belonidae known from North Carolina (Table 1). One … Read more
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Monospecific Families of Freshwater Fishes with no Saltwater Relatives Found in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team There are 12 families of predominantly freshwater fishes that are monospecific (having only one species) in North Carolina (Table 1; Tracy et al. 2020). [Please note: … Read more
American Sole (Family Achiridae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team Along North Carolina’s shore there are three families of flatfish comprising five or six species having eyes on the right side of their body facing upward … Read more
Mullet (Family Mugilidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team North Carolina is home to three species of mullets: Mountain Mullet, Dajaus monticola, Striped Mullet, Mugil cephalus, and White Mullet, Mugil curema (Tracy et al. 2020; … Read more
New World Silverside (Family Atherinopsidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team Atherinopsidae is a small family comprising six species in North Carolina (Table 1). The common name, silversides, refers to a distinct silver stripe on the side, … Read more
Goby (Family Gobiidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team What exactly are gobies? To a freshwater-centric ichthyologist, gobies look like the marine equivalent of our freshwater darters (Family Percidae, https://ncfishes.com/freshwater-fishes-of-north-carolina/). In fact one of the … Read more
Trout and Salmon (Family Salmonidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team There are four species of trout and salmon in North Carolina (Table 1; NCFishes.com; Tracy et al. 2020). [Please note: Tracy et al. (2020) may be … Read more
Cichlid (Family Cichlidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team The Family Cichlidae, known collectively as cichlids, is a very diverse (about 1600 species) family of fishes indigenous to tropical and subtropical fresh and brackish waters … Read more
Sturgeon (Family Acipenseridae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team Three of our largest freshwater fishes are found in our coastal waters, rivers, and estuaries and even in our largest mountain river. These three species are: … Read more
Darter and Perch (Family Percidae) Diversity in North Carolina
By the NCFishes.com Team Our native species of darters and perches are just as brightly colored as many fishes one would find in a pet shop, yet few people are … Read more