Freshwater Fish - Species Species Specific Regulations
Freshwater Fishing License required. Mussels - Field Guide to
the Freshwater Mussels of SC (Adobe PDF - 2MB) Eastern pondhorn
(or Florida Pondhorn) (Uniomerus carolinanus) Description:
(Anatomy of a Shellfish) Shell medium to large reaching 114 mm
in length. Outline rhomboid or long rhomboid. Valves subinflated
or inflated, subsolid. Posterior slope often with two radial
sulci. Umbos low to slightly elevated, located in the anterior
quarter of the shell. Periostracum is generally black and
slightly roughened, but with a satiny sheen over most of the
surface. Sometimes the surface is smooth and shiny, especially
in the umbonal area, and may then be brownish-yellow or
yellowish mixed with green,not rayed. The nacre is white,
bluish-white or pinkish to lurid purple Range: This species is
found in all river basins from the Savannah north to the Pee Dee
and Waccamaw River basins in South Carolina. Average Length: 114
mm Life Expectancy: Approximately 1-7 years