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
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
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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