A selection of species found in North Carolina.
Scientific Name: Alosa sapidissima
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Coastal rivers during spring spawning runs.
Scientific Name:Acipenser oxyrinchus
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Rare; federally endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
cientific Name: Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Classification: Game fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC.
Scientific Name: Ictalurus furcatus
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common in large rivers and Piedmont reservoirs.
Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC
Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Stocked in several Piedmont reservoirs.
Scientific Name: Amia calva
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common in the Coastal rivers of NC.
Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Mountain region in the western part of the state (green).
Scientific Name: Salmo trutta
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Found in the mountain region in the western part of the state (green area).
Scientific Name: Ameiurus nebulosus
Classification: Nongame fish
Abundance: Commonly found in many piedmont and coastal rivers, ponds, and reservoirs.
Scientific Name: Notropis mekistocholas
Classification: Federally Endangered, State Endangered
Abundance: Extremely rare; found only in the Cape Fear River basin
in the North Carolina Piedmont
Scientific Name: Noturus furiosus
Classification: Federal Species of Concern, State Threatened
Abundance: Rare (green areas)
Scientific Name: Moxostoma sp. ‘Carolina’
Classification: State Threatened
Abundance: Rare (green areas)
Scientific Name: Esox niger
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Commonly found in slow-flowing streams, lakes and swamps of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
Scientific Name: Ictalurus punctatus
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC.