Temperate Bass (Family Moronidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
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What do Wynken, Blynken, and Nod have to do with North Carolina’s Herring Diversity (Family Clupeidae and Dussumieriidae)?
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
Sculpin (Family Cottidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
Topminnow (Family Fundulidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
Lamprey (Family Petromyzontidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
“Three-of-a-Kind” – Pike (Family Esocidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
“Minnow” Species Diversity in North Carolina
“Minnow” Species (Families Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, and Leuciscidae) Diversity in North Carolina By the NCFishes.com Team Next to our native darters (Family Percidae), our native species of minnows rival the brightly … Read more
Sunfish (Family Centrarchidae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
Freshwater Catfish (Family Ictaluridae) Diversity in North Carolina
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
Identifying Suckers May Not Be as Hard as You Might Think
By the NCFishes.com Team The correct identification of suckers (Family Catostomidae) may be intimidating to those students or citizens just beginning to study our extremely diverse and colorful freshwater fish … Read more