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Generally silvery-white in color, hence the name, depending upon habitat and size specimens have begun to develop a darker shade near the dorsal fin and along the top of the fish. This sometimes earns them the nickname "black-back". White perch have been reported up to 49.5 cm (19.5 in) in length and weighing 2.2 kg (4.9 lb). [4]
The white perch, sometimes called sac au lait from Cajun French, was designated the official state fish of Louisiana in 1993. [19] Coastal beaches are inhabited by sea turtles. Freshwater fish include bass, crappie, and bream. Red and white crawfishes are the leading commercial crustaceans.
White perch: LL 170.4, 1993 Flower: Magnolia [1] LL 154, 1900 Fossil: Petrified palmwood: LL 162, 1976 Fruit: Strawberry (Fragaria) LL 166, 1980 Gemstone: Crassostrea virginica oyster shell [3] (previously agate 1976–2011) LL 163, 2011 Mineral: Agate [4] LL 163.1, 2011 Insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera) LL 164, 1977 Jelly: Mayhaw jelly and ...
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Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan), speckled perch, white perch, [9] crappie bass, calico bass (throughout the Middle Atlantic states and New England), [10] and Oswego bass. [11] In Louisiana, it is called sacalait [12] (Cajun French: sac-à-lait, lit.
Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area is part of the America's Wetland Red River Birding Trail [11].There are Black-bellied whistling-duck [12] Great Blue Herons, Little Blue Herons, Green Herons, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egrets, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, and White Ibis and White-faced Ibis [13] are frequently seen along with hawks, owls, woodpeckers, and neotropical migrant ...
Candidates for Caddo Sheriff John Nickelson, left, and Henry Whitehorn Sr. speak during a forum held by the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La ...
The white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies. [3] Alternate common names for the species include goldring , silver perch , [ 4 ] white perch and sac-a-lait . [ 3 ]