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Pomoxis nigromaculatus

(Lesueur, 1829)

Black Crappie

G5Secure Found in 11 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103134
Element CodeAFCQB13020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCentrarchiformes
FamilyCentrarchidae
GenusPomoxis
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-02-09
Change Date1996-09-23
Range Extent Comments
Native to most of eastern U.S. (west to Texas) and adjacent southern Canada, north to St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Manitoba, but apparently not native to northern half of Atlantic slope (north of Virginia). Widely introduced elsewhere in North America. Common in lowlands, rare in uplands.
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of subpopulations and locations.
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Most abundant in large, warm, clear lakes and reservoirs and clear river backwaters; usually associated with large beds of aquatic plants and sandy to mucky bottoms. Usually in localized schools near submerged objects during day. Eggs are laid in a nest made by the male in bottoms ranging from mud to gravel, usually in water less than 1 m deep near or in beds of aquatic plants.

Ecology

Travels in schools (Becker 1983).

Reproduction

Spawns in spring and summer; eggs hatch in about 2-5 days; male guards eggs and hatchlings; sexually mature in 2nd or 3rd year; nests in loose colonies (Moyle 1976, Becker 1983, Scott and Crossman 1973).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaSNANo
West VirginiaS4Yes
IndianaS4Yes
WisconsinS5Yes
MichiganS5Yes
NebraskaS5Yes
DelawareSNANo
VirginiaS5Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
New YorkS4Yes
ColoradoSNANo
IdahoSNANo
District of ColumbiaSNANo
CaliforniaSNANo
ArkansasS4Yes
MissouriSNRYes
VermontS4Yes
OregonSNANo
OhioS5Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
MassachusettsSNANo
WashingtonSNANo
IllinoisS4Yes
TexasS5Yes
MississippiS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
New JerseySNANo
IowaS5Yes
MarylandSNANo
Rhode IslandSNANo
New MexicoSNANo
MontanaSNANo
AlabamaS5Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
WyomingSNANo
ArizonaSNANo
UtahSNANo
GeorgiaS5Yes
South CarolinaS5Yes
ConnecticutSNANo
New HampshireSNANo
KansasSNANo
North CarolinaS5Yes
South DakotaS5Yes
LouisianaS5Yes
MaineSNANo
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
SaskatchewanSNANo
British ColumbiaSNANo
OntarioS4Yes
QuebecS4Yes
ManitobaS5Yes
Roadless Areas (11)
California (3)
AreaForestAcres
City CreekSan Bernardino National Forest9,997
Deep CreekSan Bernardino National Forest23,869
San JoaquinSierra National Forest22,474
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Contiguous To Black & Aldo Leopold WildernessGila National Forest111,883
Oregon (3)
AreaForestAcres
HomesteadWallowa-Whitman National Forest5,817
TenmileSiuslaw National Forest10,818
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
Utah (3)
AreaForestAcres
418027Uinta National Forest13,884
Lewis PeakWasatch-Cache National Forest11,616
WellsvilleWasatch-Cache National Forest1,717
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little AlleghanyGeorge Washington National Forest10,215
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