There are 17 families that have only one freshwater species found in North Carolina (Table 1). Our two most speciose families are Leuciscidae (minnows, 68 species) and Percidae (darters and perches, 40 species). These 39 families include 242 described species (including three extirpated species) and 15 undescribed species (Table 3 in Tracy et al. Seagreen Darter – Etheostoma thalassinum – Catawba River Basin ***Number does not include two extirpated species. **A hybrid species is also widely stocked. *Currently extirpated from the state with future reintroduction possible. of Additional Marine/ Estuarine Species in North Carolina of Described & Undescribed Freshwater Species FamilyĪmerican Fisheries Society Accepted Common Name The list of families also include five families that are not indigenous (native) to North Carolina – Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, Cobitidae, Loricariidae, and Cichlidae. This list includes 30 families whose species are primarily freshwater, 5 families whose species are primarily marine and estuarine, and 4 families whose species are more or less evenly split between fresh water and marine (Table 1). (2020), our main webpage,, and our freshwater-focused webpages (, we have provided much needed revisions and updates to the “ The Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina” by Menhinick (1991).įrom the little community of Liberty in Cherokee County to the small Outer Banks town of Buxton in Dare County (about 620 miles as the wolf runs), North Carolina’s waters are home to 39 families of “freshwater” fishes (Table 1). These 26 blogs, with their narratives and species identification keys, serve as a companion to “ An Annotated Atlas of the Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina” by Tracy et al. Smallmouth Redhorse – Moxostoma breviceps – Oconaluftee River – Little Tennessee River Basin ![]() Our last identification key to all the families of freshwater fishes found in North Carolina can be found at the end of this summary (please refer to An Identification Key to the Freshwater Families in North Carolina). In some respects, this last blog should have been the first, but learning about fishes is never along a straight stream, unless it is in a channelized stream. This is the last blog in the series focusing on the freshwater fishes of North Carolina, which was launched on J( ).
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