By the NCFishes.com Team North Carolina is home to 3 of the 7 species of Elassoma known to occur in North America: Carolina Pygmy Sunfish, Elassoma boehlkei, Everglades Pygmy Sunfish, … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team Along North Carolina’s shore there are four families of flatfish comprising 36 species having eyes on the left side of their body facing upward when lying … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team The waters along and off the coast are where you will find 18 of the 19 species within the Family Sciaenidae (Table 1) known from North … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team The Family Eleotridae is a small family of just three species inhabiting North Carolina’s shallow coastal waters. These species, unknown to most, are: Fat Sleeper, Dormitator … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team North Carolina is home to 3 of the 6 species of Temperate Basses, plus one hybrid (Table 1) (Tracy et al. 2020). [Please note: Tracy et … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team (Written by Bryn. H. Tracy) This blog post is an update to Scott A. Smith’s original blog posting on Shad Identification, dated June 16, 2015. All … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team North Carolina is home to three species of sculpins: Mottled Sculpin, Cottus bairdii, Blue Ridge Sculpin, Cottus caeruleomentum, and Banded Sculpin, Cottus carolinae (Tracy et al. … 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
By the NCFishes.com Team In North Carolina, lampreys constitute a small family of very evolutionary primitive fishes. Most people, including fishermen, are not aware of their existence, unless one is … Read more
By the NCFishes.com Team North Carolina is home to 3 of the 4 species of Esox known to occur in North America: Redfin Pickerel, Esox americanus, Chain Pickerel, E. niger, … Read more