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Scientific Name Pomoxis nigromaculatus  (Lesueur, 1829)
Common Names Black Crappie
Black Croppie, Black Croppie Bass, Crappie, Croppie Bass
Type Locality Wabash River, Indiana, U.S.A.
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Size 490mm or 19.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution North America: widely introduced throughout USA that native range is difficult to determine; presumably Atlantic Slope from Virginia to Florida, Gulf Slope west to Texas in the USA, St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Manitoba in Canada south to Gulf of Mexico.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2012.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3, pp 88.
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Last Update 2017 Aug 28 02:50 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 11:47)