Extirpated ? Acipenser brevirostrum (Shortnose sturgeon). 

 Anadromous. Tidal portions of basin. 



Special concern . Lampsilis ochracea (Tidewater mucket) . 



Tidal portions. 



Oronectes virginiensis (Chowan River 

 crayfish). Tributaries. 



Depleted . Alosa aestivalis (Blueback herring) . 

 Alosa pseudoharengus (Alewife) . 

 Alosa sapidissima (American shad) . 



All three are anadromous fishes which migrate 

 throughout the Chowan River and tributaries. 



Acipenser oxyrhynchus (Atlantic sturgeon) . 

 Anadromous. Tidal portions of the basin. 



Undetermined . Ligumia nasuta (Eastern pondmussel) . Tidal 

 portions. Only known site of occurrence in 

 North Carolina. 



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