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John R. Shute, Peggy W. Shute, David G. Lindquist 



Table 2. Number of species (genera) found in fresh waters of selected Atlantic 

 coastal drainages. 









White 





South 



Family 



Waccamaw 



1 Shallotte 2 



Oak 3 



Newport 3 



Carolina 4 



Lepisosteidae 



HO 



KD 



1(1) 



KD 



- 



Amiidae 



KD 



- 



- 



- 



1(1) 



Anguillidae 



KD 



KD 



1(1) 



1(1) 



1(1) 



Clupeidae 



2(2) 



- 



1(1) 



HI) 



- 



Umbridae 



1(1) 



1(1) 



KD 



1(1) 



1(1) 



Esocidae 



2(1) 



2(1) 



2(1) 



2(1) 



2(1) 



Cyprinidae 



7(4) 



5(3) 



3(2) 



3(3) 



7(2) 



Catostomidae 



3(2) 



1(1) 



3(2) 



2(1) 



3(2) 



Ictalundae 



7(2) 



3(2) 



5(2) 



5(2) 



6(2) 



Amblyopsidae 



KD 



- 



KD 



1(1) 



1(1) 



Aphredoderidae 



KD 



1(1) 



1(1) 



1(1) 



1(1) 



Cyprinodontidae 



4(1) 



1(1) 



- 



- 



2(1) 



Poeciliidae 



2(2) 



KD 



KD 



1(1) 



3(3) 



Atherinidae 



KD 



- 



- 



- 



1(1) 



Percichthyidae 



1(1) 



- 



- 



- 



- 



Centrarchidae 



17(7) 



12(7) 



10(5) 



10(6) 



16(7) 



Percidae 



5(2) 



3(1) 



4(2) 



4(2) 



5(2) 



Soleidae 



1(1) 



58(32) 



- 



1(1) 



35(22) 



KD 

 34(23) 



1(1) 



TOTALS 



32(21) 



51(27) 



1 . Only species collected or > 



/erified by us 



during present survey. 





2. Data from Louder (1962b). Only specimens listed from fresh water. 



3. Data from Rohde et al. 



(1979). Eucinostomus t 



irgenteus, Li 



igodon rhom- 



boides, and Dormitator maculatus not included. 



Combined Ashepoo, Combahee, Broad, and New rivers. Data modified 

 from Swift et al. (1977) with additional species from Anderson (1964); 

 record of Chaetodipterus faber not included. 



tail madtom, is known from the Waccamaw. The remaining two species 

 are known from the Lumber and Lynches rivers of the Pee Dee drain- 

 age. Therefore, it is not surprising that much of the ichthyofauna of the 

 lower Pee Dee (Waccamaw, Lumber and Big Swamp systems) is shared 

 with the Cape Fear drainage (Average Faunal Resemblance Index = 84; 

 Jenkins et al. 1972). Indeed, only two other rivers of the Central Atlan- 

 tic Slope (Neuse and Tar) show a greater degree of faunal resemblance 

 (Average Faunal Resemblance Index = 94; Jenkins et al. 1972). 



Additionally, Etheostoma fusiforme fusiforme reaches the southern 

 terminus of its range in the Waccamaw River (Collette 1962). Etheos- 

 toma f. barratti is found from the Pee Dee drainage (to which the Wac- 

 camaw is an eastern tributary) southward. The presence of E. f fusi- 

 forme in both the Waccamaw and Cape Fear rivers and its absence 



