North Carolina State Fish

Channel Bass (Red Drum) Sciaenops ocellatus Adopted: April 30, 1971

North Carolina State Fish: Channel Bass (Red Drum)
Credit: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

North Carolina Law

The following information was excerpted from the North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 145, Section 145-6.

Chapter 145: State Symbols and Other Official Adoptions.
SECTION 145-6.

§ 145-6. State saltwater fish.

The channel bass (red drum) is hereby adopted as the official State saltwater fish of the State of North Carolina. (1971, c. 274.)

Sources...

North Carolina General Statutes. North Carolina General Assembly. 2009. 13 March 2009
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Channel Bass - North Carolina State Fish: North Carolina state symbols from the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State.

Red Drum: Wildlife profile from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Sciaenops ocellatus: Profile from the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.

Credit: N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries

Red Drum: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources: Division of Marine Fisheries.

Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766): Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (01/2009).

Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766): Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

State Fish: Complete list of official state fish.

More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official North Carolina state symbols.

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