
FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES HOW TO
Moxostoma sp.Regulated Areas Regulated Fishing Areas on O‘ahu Hanauma Bay MLCD Pūpūkea MLCD Waikīkī MLCD Ala Wai Canal, Kapālama Canal Coconut Island - Hawai‘i Marine Laboratory Refuge ‘Ewa Limu Management Area He‘eia Kea Wharf Honolulu Harbor Pōka‘ī Bay Waialua Bay (Hale‘iwa Harbor) Wahiawā Public Fishing Area Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area Regulated Fishing Areas on Hawai‘i Island Kealakekua Bay MLCD Lapakahi MLCD Old Kona Airport MLCD Waialea Bay MLCD Hilo Bay, Wailoa River, and Wailuku River Kailua Bay Kawaihae Harbor Keauhou Bay Kīholo Bay Kona Coast Miloli‘i Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area Puakō Bay and Puakō Reef South Kona (Miloli‘i) Waiākea Public Fishing Area West Hawai‘i Regional Fishery Management Area Regulated Fishing Areas on Kaua‘i Hā‘ena Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area Hanamā‘ulu Bay and Ahukini Recreational Pier Kapa‘a and Waika‘ea Canals Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area Nāwiliwili Harbor Port Allen Wailua Reservoir Public Fishing Area Waimea Bay and Waimea Recreational Pier Regulated Fishing Areas in Maui County Honolua-Mokulē‘ia Bay MLCD Miloli‘i Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area Mānele-Hulopo‘e MLCD Molokini Shoal MLCD Kahekili, Maui Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Kahului Harbor, Maui Kaunakakai Harbor, Moloka‘i Mānele Harbor, Lāna‘i Other Regulated Fishing Areas Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary - O‘ahu ʻĀhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve - Maui Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Refuge Regulated Species: Marine Fishes and Other Vertebrates Marine Invertebrates and Limu How to Determine Sex of Regulated Invertebrates Freshwater Fish and Invertebrates Gear Restrictionsįreshwater Fish and Invertebrates Introduced Freshwater Game Speciesįreshwater Game Fishing License required for these species unlawful to sell these species. Moxostoma macrolepidotum - Shorthead Redhorse They include but are not limited to rock bass, green sunfish, pumpkinseed, red. Hypentelium roanokense - Roanoke Hog Sucker There are numerous other panfish species available to anglers in North America. Hypentelium nigricans - Northern Hog Sucker Atlantic Highfin Carpsucker - “Atlantic” Highfin CarpsuckerĮrimyzon oblongus - Eastern Creek Chubsucker Carolina Quillback - “Carolina” QuillbackĬarpiodes sp. Identification Key to the Species of Minnows (Families Cyprinidae, Xenocyprididae, and Leuciscidae) in North CarolinaĬarpiodes sp. Rhinichthys obtusus - Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus - Eastern Blacknose Dace

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Phenacobius crassilabrum - Fatlips Minnow Kanawha Rosyface Shiner - “Kanawha” Rosyface Shiner Notropis chlorocephalus - Greenhead Shiner Hybognathus regius - Eastern Silvery Minnow Hiwassee Dace - “Hiwassee” DaceĬyprinella pyrrhomelas - Fieryblack ShinerĬyprinella sp. If you prefer to browse through our photographic gallery of the freshwater fishes of North Carolina, please follow this link.Ĭampostoma anomalum - Central StonerollerĬlinostomus sp. For undescribed species, vernacular names are used strictly for convenience and may or may not be the accepted common name once the species is scientifically described (Tracy et al. In addition, the nonindigenous Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, has been reclassified in family Xenocyprididae (Tan and Armbruster 2018). All native minnows, shiners, and chubs, formerly assigned to family Cyprinidae, have been reassigned to family Leuciscidae, a former subfamily of cyprinid fishes (Tan and Armbruster 2018). Phylogenetic order and family, scientific, and common names follow the California Academy of Sciences’ Catalog of Fishes Online Database ( Fricke et al. If you are looking for an image of a fish that we haven’t posted yet, please contact us. In the near future, the species pages will be updated with range maps and identification information.


Developing this page is taking quite a bit of time, and will be updated daily as we get all of the links built. Because of this, you will see some duplication with the marine fishes checklist. Our checklist includes some fishes traditionally considered marine, but that do spend a portion of their lives in freshwater environments. An annotated atlas of the freshwater fishes of North Carolina. Our checklist of the freshwater fishes of North Carolina follows: Tracy, B.
