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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 ...
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.
The Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii) is a rare species of fish endemic to the U.S. state of Texas, [2] where it also is the official state fish. It is restricted to creeks and rivers (including the Guadalupe River, hence the name Guadalupe bass), and is listed as near threatened. [1] Today, most fly fishermen and anglers practice catch-and ...
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.
2,770 acres (1,120 ha) Max. depth. 34 ft (10 m) Surface elevation. 247 ft (75 m) Gibbons Creek Reservoir (sometimes referred to as Gibbons Creek Lake) is a power plant cooling reservoir on Gibbons Creek in the Navasota River basin, 20 miles (32 km) east of College Station, Texas, United States. The dam and lake are managed by Texas Municipal ...
Pomoxys intermedius Gill, 1865. Pomoxys protacanthus Gill, 1865. 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] USS Goldring is named for the fish.
The black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri), also commonly known as the southern black bream, southern bream and blue-nosed bream, is a species of anadromous ray-finned fish of the porgy family Sparidae. A deep-bodied fish, it is occasionally confused with other similar species that occur within its range, but is generally distinguished from these ...
The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [3] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels.