Crappie
STATE RECORDS
Crappie, Black: 5 pounds 0 ounces, 21 inches, Vermillion River (Dakota County), 1940.
see sunfish.
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Sunfish - common name for members of the family Centrachidae, comprising numerous species of spiny-finned, freshwater fishes with deep, laterally flattened bodies found in temperate North America. All members o...
Crappie
Pomoxis Rafinesque, 1818, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is P. annularis, the white crappie.
Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Other Names White Perch, Calico Bass Description Pomoxis is Greek for "opercle sharp", and refers to the fact that the fish's gill covers have spines.
Black Crappie:
Appearance:
A deep body with nearly symmetrical dorsal and anal fins and a speckled pattern on the body and fins identify the black crappie.
Crappie
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White Crappie: (Pomoxis annularis)
Description
Non-native that originated from the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basin, west to Minnesota and South Dakota, south to the Gulf of Mexico. Introduced in 1903.
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Black Crappie (Average size 4-11 inches) Related to the Sunfish. Found in streams and slow moving shallow & weedy ponds.
Bluegill Sunfish (Average Size 4-10 inches) Found in quiet warm water, weedy streams and lakes.
 See also: Black Crappie, Sunfish, Bass, White Crappie, Angler
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