Topics Related to Fish

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.