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Update to the “Minnow” Species (Families Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, and Leuciscidae) Diversity in North Carolina

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

By the NCFishes.com Team The recognition by ichthyologists of Koi , Cyprinus rubrofuscus, as a separate species from Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio, its distribution across North Carolina, and the posting … Read more

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Update to the American Sole (Family Achiridae) Diversity in North Carolina

October 11, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

By the NCFishes.com Team On May 10, 2021, we posted a blog on the American Sole (Family Achiridae) diversity in North Carolina (https://ncfishes.com/american-sole-family-achiridae-diversity-in-north-carolina/). Since then, we re-examined all of the … Read more

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Recent Publications on the Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

By the NCFishes.com Team Two new identification keys to the freshwater fishes of North Carolina have been recently published by the North American Native Fishes Association (http://www.nanfa.org/) in their journal … Read more

Categories Fish ID, Uncategorized Tags catfishes, Catostomidae, Dichotomous Key, Ictaluridae, North Carolina, Publications, Suckers Leave a comment

A Summary of the Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

June 7, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

By the NCFishes.com Team This is the last blog in the series focusing on the freshwater fishes of North Carolina, which was launched on June 17, 2020 (https://ncfishes.com/identification-of-north-carolina-freshwater-fishes/). In some … Read more

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Anchovy (Family Engraulidae) Diversity in North Carolina

May 31, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

By the NCFishes.com Team Engraulidae is a small family comprising six species in North Carolina (Table 1). Their common name, anchovy, is possibly from the Spanish word anchova, but the … Read more

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Needlefish (Family Belonidae) Diversity in North Carolina

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

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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American Sole (Family Achiridae) Diversity in North Carolina

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

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

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Mullet (Family Mugilidae) Diversity in North Carolina

May 3, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

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

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New World Silverside (Family Atherinopsidae) Diversity in North Carolina

April 26, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

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

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Goby (Family Gobiidae) Diversity in North Carolina

April 19, 2021 by Bryn Tracy

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

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