Appendix 3 Table 3-18 Freshwater Fish
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-18 FRESHWATER FISH
Habitat Associations by Ecoregion
2025 WAP Revision Aquatic SGCN - Habitat Associations
Scientific Name
Common Name
X X X X
1
5
5
9
Acantharchus pomotis
Mud Sunfish
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
1
1
6
Acipenser brevirostrum
Shortnose Sturgeon
VH E
E
1
1
H
SC
Acipenser fulvescens
Lake Sturgeon
Reintroduced
1
9
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Atlantic Sturgeon
H
E
E
X X
1
2
2
9
Ironcolor Shiner
H
T
Alburnops chalybaeus
X X
13
Alosa aestivalis
Blueback Herring (native)
Native
2
2
7
H
Alosa mediocris
Hickory Shad
3
Alosa pseudoharengus
Alewife
Native
X X
1
3
5
VH
Alosa sapidissima
American Shad
2
2 10
Ambloplites cavifrons
Roanoke Bass
M
Ambloplites rupestris
Rock Bass
X
4
5
2
3 11
Ameiurus brunneus
Snail Bullhead
13
Ameiurus catus
White Catfish
11
Ameiurus natalis
Yellow Bullhead
X X X
6
6 17
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Bullhead
4
5
3
4 15
Ameiurus platycephalus
Flat Bullhead
5
5 10
VH
Anguilla rostrata
American Eel
X X
1
1
Aplodinotus grunniens
Freshwater Drum
SC
X
3
1
Carpiodes carpio
River Carpsucker
SC
X
X
5
1
1
1
Carpiodes cyprinus
Quillback
X X
2
3
H
Carpiodes sp.
Carolina Quillback
X
9
Centrarchus macropterus
Flier
X
5
9
M
Chologaster cornuta
Swampfish
X
9
Chrosomus oreas
Mountain Redbelly Dace
X X
4
2
M
SC
Clinostomus sp.
Redside Daces (Hiwassee, Smoky Dace)
2
6
Cottus caeruleomentum
Blue Ridge Sculpin
SC
X X X X
2
3
Cottus carolinae
Banded Sculpin
SC
3
2
3
Cyprinella labrosa
Thicklip Chub
M
T
X
X
3
3
Y
SC
Cyprinella leptocheilus
Siouan Thinlip Chub
X
2
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spotfin Shiner
X X
3
2
2
H
T
Cyprinella zanema
Santee Chub
X X X X X
X
3
2
Elassoma boehlkei
Carolina Pygmy Sunfish
Y*
VH
T
3
2
Elassoma evergladei
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
5
7
Elassoma zonatum
Banded Pygmy Sunfish
2
4
9
Enneacanthus chaetodon
Blackbanded Sunfish
H
3
8
Enneacanthus obesus
Banded Sunfish
M
Freshwater Fish 1 of 5
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
See Excel file for detailed habitat associations
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