black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Feed early morning and midnight hours

black crappie is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 49 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Pomoxis
Maximum length: 49 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: North America: The native range is difficult to determine due to its widespread introduction throughout the USA but it is presumably Atlantic Slope from Virginia to Florida, Gulf Slope west to Texas in the USA, St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Manitoba in Canada south to the Gulf in the USA.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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