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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiCentrarchiformesCentrarchidaePomoxis

Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Centrarchiformes
Family Centrarchidae
Genus Pomoxis
Species Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida
Suwannee

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N5 Secure
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

British Columbia
SNA Not Applicable
Manitoba
S5 Secure
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Saskatchewan
SNA Not Applicable
Quebec
S4 Apparently Secure
Maine
SNA Not Applicable
Ohio
S5 Secure
New York
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
Delaware
SNA Not Applicable
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
North Dakota
SNR Unranked
Idaho
SNA Not Applicable
Kansas
SNA Not Applicable
Vermont
S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Colorado
SNA Not Applicable
West Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Iowa
S5 Secure
Missouri
SNR Unranked
South Dakota
S5 Secure
Nebraska
S5 Secure
Wyoming
SNA Not Applicable
New Jersey
SNA Not Applicable
Louisiana
S5 Secure
Oregon
SNA Not Applicable
Arizona
SNA Not Applicable
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Florida
SNR Unranked
Georgia
S5 Secure
Mississippi
S5 Secure
New Mexico
SNA Not Applicable
Maryland
SNA Not Applicable
Montana
SNA Not Applicable
Alabama
S5 Secure
Nevada
SNA Not Applicable
Rhode Island
SNA Not Applicable
Michigan
S5 Secure
Virginia
S5 Secure
California
SNA Not Applicable
New Hampshire
SNA Not Applicable
Massachusetts
SNA Not Applicable
Washington
SNA Not Applicable
South Carolina
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
District of Columbia
SNA Not Applicable
Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Utah
SNA Not Applicable
Connecticut
SNA Not Applicable
Illinois
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
  • Walsh, S.J. 2001. Freshwater macrofauna of Florida karst habitats. Proceedings of the 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4011: 78–88. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/101/.

How to cite this account

Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2841. https://cavebiology.org/species/pomoxis-nigromaculatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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