110 
Fred C. Rohde, George H. Burgess, G. William Link, Jr. 
Percina crassa roanoka , Piedmont darter 
4 specimens, station 21. This species, rarely encountered on the lower 
Coastal Plain, was collected over gravel in swifter portions of the creek. 
Station 21 represents the easternmost known locality in North Carolina. 
Estuarine Fishes 
Twenty estuarine fishes were taken within the forest (Table 3). Most 
were sporadic visitors during periods of increased salinity. One item of 
note is the capture of a Fourspine stickleback, Apeltes quadracus, at station 
23 on 14 June 1977, the first published record of a stickleback in North 
Carolina. 
Table 3. Species, numbers (N) and station numbers of estuarine fishes collected 
in (and near) Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, in this study. 
Species 
N 
Station 
Alosa aestivalis 
21 
23 
Brevoortia tyrannus 
2 
14 
Anchoa mitchilli 
3 
17 
Fundulus heteroclitus 
1 
14 
Lucama parva 
17 
17 
Membras martinica 
31 
13, 14 
Memdia beryllina 
48 
13, 14, 17,23 
Memdia memdia 
103 
13,14 
Apeltes quadracus 
1 
23 
Syngnathus fuscus 
1 
1 
Morone amencana 
3 
14 
Eucinostomus argenteus 
12 
17,26 
Lagodon rhomboides 
31 
1, 13, 14, 17,26 
Bairdiella chrysura 
13 
17 
Leiostomus xanthurus 
72 
13, 14, 17 
M ugil cephalus 
5 
14, 17 
Mugil curema 
4 
14 
Dormitator maculatus 
2 
23, 26 
Gobiosoma bosci 
5 
17 
Tnnectes maculatus 
11 
25, 27, 38,41, 
44, 45, 48 
