Pomoxis annularis
Rafinesque 1818
Family Centrarchidae
The white crappie is a member of the sunfish family. It has an extremely compressed body with a gray-green back and between six and nine dusky gray chainlike bars. There are black blotches and green flecks on the silver-white side body, and white crappie have a large mouth the extends below the eye. This species has six dorsal spines. White crappie can be found in lakes, ponds, pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers.
Status & distribution
- Status — Non-indigenous freshwater
- Florida Distribution — Western and North Central drainages
- River Drainages — Escambia River, Choctawhatchee River and the Apalachicola River