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
4
6
Saffron Shiner
Hydrophlox rubricroceus
X
3
4
Hypentelium roanokense
Roanoke Hog Sucker
X X
2
H
SC
Ichthyomyzon bdellium
Ohio Lamprey
2
M
Ichthyomyzon greeleyi
Mountain Brook Lamprey
X X
3
Ictiobus bubalus
Smallmouth Buffalo
Native & Introduced
X
2
Ictiobus cyprinellus
Bigmouth Buffalo
X X
1
1
Ictiobus niger
Black Buffalo
X X X X
1
Labidesthes sicculus
Brook Silverside
3
Labidesthes vanhyningi
Green Silverside
1
2
6
Lampetra aepyptera
Least Brook Lamprey
T
12
Lepisosteus osseus
Longnose Gar
X X X
17
Lepomis auritus
Redbreast Sunfish
14
Lepomis gibbosus
Pumpkinseed
14
Lepomis gulosus
Warmouth
X X X
5
6
Dollar Sunfish
Lepomis marginatus
X X
4
4
Lepomis punctatus
Spotted Sunfish
1
Lethenteron appendix
American Brook Lamprey
Y*
H
SC
Mountain pops.
X
2
3
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Striped Shiner
SC
X
X X X X X X
1
1
Menidia extensa
Waccamaw Silverside
Y*
M T
T
10
Micropterus dolomieu
Smallmouth Bass
4
Micropterus punctulatus
Spotted Bass
17
Micropterus salmoides
Largemouth Bass
VH
Micropterus sp.
Bartram's Bass
X
3
2
Cape Fear Shiner
H
E
E
Miniellus mekistocholas
Y*
X X
5
1
New River Shiner
Y
M
Miniellus scabriceps
X X
X
1
1
5
Morone saxatilis
Striped Bass (native)
Native
2
1
Moxostoma ariommum
Bigeye Jumprock
Y*
M
T
X X X X X X
3
3
Moxostoma breviceps
Smallmouth Redhorse
3
3
Moxostoma carinatum
River Redhorse
4
2
3
Moxostoma cervinum
Blacktip Jumprock
X X X X
X
4
4
6
Moxostoma collapsum
Notchlip Redhorse
1
5
4
8
Moxostoma pappillosum
V-lip Redhorse
M
X
1
3
Moxostoma robustum
Robust Redhorse
VH
At-Risk
E
4
2
4
Moxostoma rupiscartes
Striped Jumprock
X X X
4
2
8
M
Brassy Jumprock
Moxostoma sp.
X
X
2
4
Carolina Redhorse
VH
T
Moxostoma sp.
Freshwater Fish 3 of 5
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
See Excel file for detailed habitat associations
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