1. Crappie
John Albarado

2. Scientific Name Pomoxis Annularis
Common animals are sunfish, crappie and other panfish.

3. Geographical location
Found all over North America in freshwater bodies of water

4. Population Activity
Depends on state to state and also depends on several other things like fishing regulations and purity of the water.

5. Terminology Group- school Baby fish- fry
swim bladder -allows fish to float up or down
Lateral line- sensory organ
Males are males
Females are females

6. Fins

7. Group relationships
In group relationships fish don’t take care of fish
In general crappies go to the same place every year to breed

8. Reproduction Females lay eggs during the spawn
Males come to same place every year to release sperm onto the eggs which fertilizes the eggs

9. Lifestyle feed early in the morning till late at night
normally slow moving during the middle part of the day
live in schools of several fish

10. Habitat Prefer little to no current in the water
low clarity and lots of structure in the water
Borrows and navigation pools

11. Diet feed on small fish such as minnows and shads
Occasionally eat other small water creatures such as worms and crustacean

12. Food Chain
They are in the trophic level two eat little things like crustacean and minnows and worms.
They are eaten by other fish such as northern and musky

13. Unique facts Known as paper mouths, speckled bass and calico bass
Largest Crappie ever was 6 pounds

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