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Fish Species Description

Black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

(Lesueur, 1829)

Classification

Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Alternate Names: Calico bass, specks, speckled perch

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Tennessee, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chattahoochee, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwannee, Satilla, St. Marys, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah River basins.

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