Lower Neuse Watershed Species

Lower Neuse Watershed - 03020204

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Shad	Alosa sapidissima	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Killifish	Fundulus diaphanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sunfish	Enneacanthus obesus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Sunfish	Enneacanthus chaetodon	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blueback Herring	Alosa aestivalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluespotted Sunfish	Enneacanthus gloriosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Carolina Madtom	Noturus furiosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chainback Darter	Percina nevisense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Comely Shiner	Notropis amoenus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Shiner	Notropis cummingsae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mudminnow	Umbra pygmaea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus regius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fourspine Stickleback	Apeltes quadracus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hickory Shad	Alosa mediocris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Shiner	Notropis altipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Inland Silverside	Menidia beryllina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Brook Lamprey	Lampetra aepyptera	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lined Topminnow	Fundulus lineolatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Margined Madtom	Noturus insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mud Sunfish	Acantharchus pomotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainwater Killifish	Lucania parva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Roanoke Darter	Percina roanoka	Native	Current	NatureServe

Satinfin Shiner	Cyprinella analostana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sawcheek Darter	Etheostoma serrifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sea Lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Spottail Shiner	Notropis hudsonius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swallowtail Shiner	Notropis procne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swampfish	Chologaster cornuta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tessellated Darter	Etheostoma olmstedi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Catfish	Ameiurus catus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Perch	Morone americana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Neuse Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03020204.html - last accessed September 5, 2025.

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