Unique Characters: Subopercle asymmetrical (triangular). Lower lip with no small fleshy knob at tip. Tip of lower lip well in advance of anterior nostril. Restricted Broad, Catawba, and Yadkin basins.
Tubercles on “Carolina” QuillbackCarpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback and “Atlantic” Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes sp. – Lower Lips
Carpiodes sp. “Atlantic” Highfin Carpsucker. Subopercle asymmetrical (triangular). Lower lip with small fleshy knob at tip. Tip of lower lip not well in advance of anterior nostril. Body deep. Adult snout blunt and rounded. Tubercles large, larger on snout and dorsum of head than on opercles; tubercles present on most body scales.
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“Carolina” Quillback — Carpiodes sp.
“Carolina” Quillback – Carpiodes sp.
“Carolina” Quillback – Carpiodes sp. – Congaree River SC
Carpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback – Congaree River, SC – lips
“Carolina” Quillback – Carpiodes sp. – Congaree River SC
Carpiodes cf cyprinus pharyngeal arch NCSM 45941
Carpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback – Lake James, near the Black Bear Boat Access Area, McDowell Co., NC; 04/10/2025, Photo Credit: Kin Hodges and Thomas Johnson, NCWRCCarpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback, Lookout Shoals Lake, Alexander Co., NC, 01/29/2025; Photo Credits: Kin Hodges and Thomas JohnsonCarpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback, Lookout Shoals Lake, Alexander Co., NC, 01/30/2025; Photo Credits: Kin Hodges and Thomas JohnsonCarpiodes sp. “Carolina” Quillback, Lookout Shoals Lake, Alexander Co., NC, 01/30/2025; Photo Credits: Kin Hodges and Thomas Johnson
