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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).
Type species. Pomoxis annularis. Rafinesque, 1818 [ 1] Synonyms [ 2] Hyperistius Gill, 1864 : Crappies ( / ˈkrɒpi, ˈkræpi /) [ 3][ 4] are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus Pomoxis in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes). Both species of crappies are popular game fish among recreational anglers .
There are over 177 species of fish in the US state of Oklahoma, at least 7% of which are not native. [1] Species include: Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) American eel (Anguilla rostrata) American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America. It is the only species in the genus Aplodinotus, [ 3] and is a member of the family Sciaenidae. It is the only North American member of the group that inhabits freshwater for its entire life. [ 4] Its generic name, Aplodinotus, comes from Greek meaning ...
Yellow bass. The yellow bass ( Morone mississippiensis) is a member of the family Moronidae. This species is a deep bodied fish that possesses five to seven dark stripes laterally along the sides, the lowest few of these are often broken or disrupted anterior to the origin of the anal fin. This species is somewhat similar to two other species ...
Moxostoma carinatum. Small streams, rivers with moderate current over gravel bottom. Black redhorse. Moxostoma duquesnei. Lakes, river pools with sand or rock bottom. Golden redhorse. Moxostoma erythrurum. Clear pools of large rivers, moderate flowing small streams with sandy or gravel bottom. Shorthead redhorse.
Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes (formerly belonging to the deprecated order Centrarchiformes ), native only to North America. There are eight universally included genera within the centrarchid family: Lepomis (true sunfishes), Micropterus (black basses ...
An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] Common Name Scientific Name Image ... White Crappie ...