Scientific Name: Lepomis auritus
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC.
Scientific Name: Lepomis cyanellus
Classification: Game Fish game fish
Abundance: Small creeks and streams in the Mountain and Piedmont region of NC.
Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC
Scientific Name: Alosa mediocris
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Coastal rivers during spring spawning runs.
Scientific Name: Alosa sapidissima
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Coastal rivers during spring spawning runs.
Scientific Name: Perca flavescens
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common in several of the Catawba and Yadkin impoundments, as well as lakes and rivers in the Coastal region of NC.
Scientific Name: Morone americana
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common in Piedmont reservoirs, as well as the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds and their tributaries.
Scientific Name: Pomoxis annularis
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common in many reservoirs found in the Piedmont of NC.
Scientific Name: Ameiurus catus
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common in lakes and rivers in the Piedmont and Coastal regions of NC.
cientific Name: Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Classification: Game fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC.