Species

American Shad

Scientific Name: Alosa sapidissima

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Coastal rivers during spring spawning runs.

Atlantic Sturgeon

Scientific Name:Acipenser oxyrinchus
Classification:  Nongame Fish
Abundance: Rare; federally endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

Black Crappie

cientific Name: Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Classification:  Game fish

Abundance: Common throughout NC.

Blue Catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus furcatus
Classification: Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common in large rivers and Piedmont reservoirs.

Bluegill

Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Common throughout NC

Bodie Bass (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Stocked in several Piedmont reservoirs.

Bowfin

Scientific Name: Amia calva

Classification:  Nongame Fish

Abundance: Common in the Coastal rivers of NC.

Brook Trout

Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
Classification:  Game Fish
Abundance: Mountain region in the western part of the state (green).

Brown Trout

Scientific Name: Salmo trutta
Classification:  Game Fish
Abundance: Found in the mountain region in the western part of the state (green area).

Bullhead Catfish

Scientific Name: Ameiurus nebulosus
Classification: Nongame fish
Abundance: Commonly found in many piedmont and coastal rivers, ponds, and reservoirs.

Cape Fear Shiner

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

Carolina Madtom

Scientific Name: Noturus furiosus
Classification: Federal Species of Concern, State Threatened
Abundance: Rare (green areas)

Carolina Redhorse

Scientific Name: Moxostoma sp. ‘Carolina’

Classification: State Threatened

Abundance: Rare (green areas)

Chain Pickerel

Scientific Name: Esox niger

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Commonly found in slow-flowing streams, lakes and swamps of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

Channel Catfish

Scientific Name: Ictalurus punctatus
Classification:  Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common throughout NC.