Specimen Information

Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
(Black Crappie)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID34223
GroupFishes
GenusPomoxis
Speciesnigromaculatus
Common NameBlack Crappie
StateKS
CountyDouglas
LocalityLake View (an oxbow of the Kansas River 5 miles NW of Lawrence)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Kansas, Kansas
HUC8 Number10270104
HUC10 NameCaptain Creek-Kansas River
HUC10 Number1027010405
HUC12 NameBaldwin Creek-Kansas River
HUC12 Number102701040503
Map
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Collection Year1894
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:146
Author:Cross, F.B.
Date:1967
Title:Handbook of fishes of Kansas.
Publisher:State Biological Survey and University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Misc Publ No 45 Topeka, KS.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:39
Author:Cragin, F.W.
Date:1885
Title:Preliminary list of Kansas fishes.
Journal:Bulletin of the Washburn College Laboratory of Natural History
Volume:1
Pages:105-111
Reference 3
Ref. Number:40
Author:Metcalf, A.L.
Date:1966
Title:Fishes of the kansas river system in relation to zoogeography of the great plains
Journal:University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Volume:17
Issue:3
Pages:23-189
CommentsMay not be native to KS. Prior to 1900 only published report was Craigin (1885) who credited Wheeler. But Wheeler did not include in on his 1879 list. Dyche (1914) says first ones from Lake View stocked in 1890's by USFC.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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