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Black crappie. The black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies. It is very similar to the white crappie (P. annularis) in size, shape, and habits, except that it is darker, with a pattern of black spots. Alternate names for the species include calico bass, speck, speckled ...
Hybrid crappie (Pomoxis annularis × nigromaculatus) have been cultured and occur naturally. [22] The crossing of a black crappie female and white crappie male has better survival and growth rates among offspring than the reciprocal cross does. [22] Hybrid crappie are difficult to distinguish from black crappie by appearance alone.
Gravel chub, Hybopsis x-punctata[36] Highland stoneroller, Campostoma spadiceum[37] Hornyhead chub, Nocomis biguttatus[38] Ironcolor shiner, Notropis chalybaeus[39] Largescale stoneroller, Campostoma oligolepis[40] Mississippi silvery minnow, Hybognathus nuchalis[41] Ozark chub, Erimystax harryi[42]
These fish are typically 4 to 10 inches (10 to 25 centimetres) long, but can grow to over one foot (30 cm) in length, and reach 2.25 pounds (1.02 kg). [4] The warmouth is occasionally confused with the rock bass ( Ambloplites rupestris ) or green sunfish ( Lepomis cyanellus ), both of which share its relatively large mouth and heavy body.
Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Centrarchiformes, native only to North America.There are eight universally included genera within the centrarchid family: Lepomis (true sunfishes), Micropterus (black basses), Pomoxis (), Enneacanthus (banded sunfishes), Centrarchus (type genus, consisting solely of the flier C ...
White crappies are also slightly more elongated than black crappies. [8] The white crappie is a deep-bodied fish with a flattened body, or a depth that is one-third of the length of the fish. White crappies have spinous rays and ctenoid fish scales found in advanced teleosts. The exposed part of the scale has tiny tooth-like projections (cteni).
Black Lake is a reservoir located between Creston and Campti in North Louisiana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Water feeds into Black Lake from Black Lake Bayou , a watershed that extends from north of Gibsland in Bienville Parish and south to Clarence in Natchitoches Parish [ 3 ] through the parishes of Claiborne , Webster , Bienville , Red River and Natchitoches.
They usually are found in clear water with vegetated surrounds and mud or sandy bottoms. Black crappies can grow up to 19.3 inches in length but are typically 10.8 inches in length. As juveniles black crappie will feed on zooplankton and crustaceans and insect larvae while when adults they will primarily feed on small fish. [25] LC