TN00343 WHITE CRAPPIE POMOXIS ANNULARIS
Trophic| References | |
| Carnivore | 2574 |
| Lifestage | Food Item Consumed | Part of Food Item |
| Larva | Other (Specified in Comments) | See Comments |
| Larva | Crustaceans | Not Applicable |
| General | See Comments on Food Habits | Not Applicable |
| General | MICROORGANISMS | Not Specified |
| General | Plants | Not Specified |
| General | Animals | Not Specified |
| General | Insects | See Comments |
| General | Osteichthyes | Not Specified |
| General | COPEPODS | Not Specified |
| General | Branchiopods | Not Specified |
| Important | Osteichthyes | Not Applicable |
| Important | Insects | See Comments |
| Important | MICROORGANISMS | See Comments |
| Important | COPEPODS | See Comments |
| Important | See Comments on Food Habits | Not Specified |
| Larva | COPEPODS | Larva stage |
| Larva | Insects | See Comments |
| Larva | Diptera | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Juvenile | Insects | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | COPEPODS | Larva stage |
| Juvenile | Animals | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | Diptera | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | Oligochaetes | See Comments |
| Juvenile | Osteichthyes | Not Specified |
| Adult | See Comments on Food Habits | Not Specified |
| Adult | Osteichthyes | Larva stage |
| Adult | Animals | Not Specified |
| Adult | Diptera | Not Specified |
| Adult | Oligochaetes | Not Specified |
| Adult | COPEPODS | Not Specified |
| Adult | Malacostraca | Not Specified |
| Adult | Insects | Not Specified |
| Adult | Diptera | Not Specified |
| Adult | Hemiptera | Larva stage |
| Adult | Hymenoptera | Larva stage |
| Adult | Coleoptera | Larva stage |
| Adult | Ephemeroptera | Not Specified |
| Adult | Odonata | Not Specified |
| Adult | Clupeiformes | |
| Larva | Crustaceans | |
| Larva | Other (Specified in Comments) | |
| Adult | Perciformes |
Comments on General Food Habits
MAJOR FOOD ITEMS THROUGHOUT LIFE WERE ZOOPLANKTON IN CORDELL HULL The fry feed on copepods, rotifers, and algae *2574*. Individuals less than 120 mm feed predominantly on planktonic insects *2574*. Individuals greater than 150 mm feed almost exclusively on small fish *2574*. Copepod nauplii and Cyclops spp are important to fish under 10 mm *2121,1178,2577, 2587*. In Bull Shoals Reservoir Arkansas, 50-100 mm crappie found Cyclops important in September. 100 mm crappie found Cyclops important in September, Bosmina in November, immature Chironomidae cyclops in December, Dorossoma spp and Ephemeroptera nymphs in July, and shad was the sole food in August *6176*. MOST FEEDING OCCURS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS *TN5322, TN5323* SHIFT TO PISCIVOROUS FEEDING HABITS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL 170-200 MM TL*TN5322, TN5323*, AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL *TN5319*
Comments on Adult Food Habits
Adults consume mostly fishes *1178,1123,2572,2126,1322,2121*. In a Miss- issippi River study in Iowa, 42% of 83 samples contained naiads of the mayfly genus Hexagenia *2572*. An Illinois study showed summer, winter, and spring stomachs filled with gizzard shad *2571*. In Beaver and Bull Shoals Res- ervoirs Arkansas, white crappy 175 mm consumed mostly fishes, and in early impoundment, consumed large numbers of earthworms, terrestrial arthropods, and large numbers of shad *6176*. In Ohio, the adults fed primarily on young gizzard shad, small crustaceans, and Chironomid larvae and pupae *5870*. OPPORTUNISTIC FEEDING HABITS *TN5312*
Comments on Juvenile Food Habits
Juveniles consume mostly aquatic insects *1178,1123,2572,2126,1322,2121*. Copepod mauplii and Cyclops spp are taken *1178,2577,2587*. In Beaver and Bull Shoals Reservoirs Arkansas, the primary foods of fish 175 mm TL fishes, is zooplankton, immature Chironomids, and benthic insects. In the early impoundment period, large numbers of earthworms and terrestrial arthropods are eaten *6176*.
Comments on Larval Food Habits
Copepod nauplii is important for the larvae *1178,2577,2587,2588*. In South Dakota, Copepod nauplii is the principal food eaten immediately after absorption of the yolk sac, with cyclops replacing nauplii for fish 6.0 mm. Fish 8.0-13.9 mm also selected Daphnia, and Diaptomus was important in fish 10 mm *2121*. MAJOR FOOD ITEMS OF EARLY POSTLARVAE WERE ROTIFERS,COPEPOD NAUPLII, AND THE CLADOCERAN DIAPHANESOMA SP.--SPEND MORE TIME FEEDINGNEAR THE BOTTOM THAN BLACK CRAPPIE *TN5328*
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| General | TN5218, TN5303, 2574, 2121, 1178, 2573, 2584, 2577, 2587, 2588, 2571, 4205 |
| Adult | TN5312, 6176, 5820, 5870, 6112, 2571, 1178, 1123, 2572, 2126, 1322, 2121, 4205 |
| Juvenile | 6176, 1178, 1123, 2572, 2126, 1322, 2121, 2577, 2587 |
| Larval | TN5328, 2121, 1178, 2577, 2587 |
| Important | TN5319, 2574, 2121, 1178, 2577, 2587, 2588 |