FISHES FIRST DESCRIBED FROM NORTH CAROLINA WATERS 
PRESENT 
identification 
ORIGINAL NAME 
COMMON NAME 
TYPE LOCALITY 
DESCRIBE H AND 
YEAR 
Sihtridas : 
Schilbeodes furiosus* 
Catostomida® : 
Noturus furiosus 
Mad-tom ; Tabby-cat 
Neuse River. 
Jordan <fe Meek, 
Moxostoma papillosum 
Ptychostomus papillosus 
Red horse ; Shiner ; 
White mullet 
Catawba and Yad- 
kin rivers 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma collapsum* 
Ptychostomus collapsus 
Sucking mullet ; Small- 
mouth Red horse 
Neuse, Yadkin 1 
and Catawba 
rivers 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma pidiense* 
Ptychostomus pidiensis 
Sucker 
Yadkin River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma coregonus * 
Ptychostomus coregonus 
Blue mullet 
Catawba and Yad-I 
kin rivers 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma album* 
Ptychostomus albus 
White mullet 
Catawba River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma thalassinum* 
Ptychostomus thalas- 
sinus 
Sucker 
Yadkin River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma robustum* 
Ptychostomus robustus 
Red horse 
C Mullet ; Red horse ; Red 
horse-mullet ; Sucker- 
Yadkin River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma crassilabre* 
Ptychostomus crassila- 
bris 
1 mullet ; Golden mullet ; 
j Golden-finned mullet ; 
Horse-fish Red fin ; 
*- Trout-Sucker 
Yadkin River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxastoma conus* 
Ptychostomus conus 
Sucker 
Yadkin River 
Cope, 1870 
Moxostoma rupiscartes 
Otphinidae : 
Moxostoma rupiscartes 
Jumping mullet; Jump- 
rocks 
Catawba River 
Jordan & Jenkins, 
1889 
Notropis pyrrhomelas 
Photogenis pyrrhomelas 
Fiery black minnow 
Catawba River 
Cope, 1870 
Notropis niveus 
Hybopsis niveus 
Shiner ; snowy minnow 
Catawba River 
Cope, 1870 
Notropis chlorocephalus 
Hybopsis chlorocephalus 
Green-headed minnow 
Catawba River 
Cope, 1870 
Notropis brimleyi* 
Notropis brimleyi 
Brimley’s minnow 
|Cane River 
|Bean, 1903 
Notropis chiliticus* 
Hybopsis chiliticus 
Red-lipped minnow 
Yadkin River 
[cope, 1870 
Notropis altipinnis* 
Alburnellus altipinnis 
High-finned minnow 
Yadkin River 
(Cope, 1870 
Notropis umbratilis 
Alburnellus matutinus 
Minnow 
Neuse River 
(Cope, 1870 
matutinus* 
(Cope, 1870 
Hybopis labrosus 
Ceratichthys labrosus 
Thick-lipped minnow 
j Catawba River 
Hybopis hysinotus 
Ceratichthys hysinotus 
High-backed minnow 
(Catawba River 
[Cope, 1870 
Pcecii-tidae : 
Fundulus rathbuni* 
Fundulus rathbuni 
Rathburn's killifish 
Cape Fear River 
i Jordan & Meek, 
1889 
Bxoccetidae : 
Cypselurus lutkeni* 
Percidae : 
Exocoetus lutkeni 
Flying fish 
Beaufort 
Jordan & Ever- 
mann, 1896 
Boleosoma maculaticeps* 
Boleosoma maculaticeps 
Spotted-head darter 
Catawba River 
Cope, 1870 
Etheostoma rufilineatum 
Pcecilicihthys rufilineat- 
um 
Red-lined darter 
French Broad 
1 River 
(Cope, 1870 
Etheostoma swaramnoa* 
Etheostoma swannanoa 
Swanannoa darter 
(Swannanoa River 
Jordan & Ever- 
J mann, 1889 
Etheostoma vulneratum 
Pcecilichthys vulneratus 
Red-spotted darter 
French Broad 
( River 
iCope, 1870 
Ioa vitrea 
Triglidae : 
Poeciliclithys vitreus 
Glassy darter 
i Slim- flying trad ; Fly- 
■J ing fish ; Flying trad ; 
i ‘ sea robin 
Neuse River 
ICope, 1870 
Prionotus scitulus 
Gobitdae : 
Prionotus scitulus 
Beaufort 
[Jordan & Gilbert, 
1882 
Microgobius holmesi * 
Microgobius holmesi 
[Holm’s Goby 
Beaufort 
Smith, 1907 
