TN00344 BLACK CRAPPIE POMOXIS N IGROMACULATUS
Trophic| References | |
| Carnivore | 2129 |
| Lifestage | Food Item Consumed | Part of Food Item |
| General | Osteichthyes | Not Specified |
| General | Insects | Not Specified |
| General | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| General | COPEPODS | See Comments |
| General | Malacostraca | Not Specified |
| General | Perciformes | Adult stage |
| General | Odonata | Larva stage |
| General | Ephemeroptera | Larva stage |
| General | Animals | Not Specified |
| General | Osteichthyes | Adult stage |
| General | Animals | Adult stage |
| General | Animals | Larva stage |
| General | Animals | Pupa stage |
| General | Insects | Larva stage |
| General | Insects | Pupa stage |
| General | Crustaceans | Not Specified |
| Important | Perciformes | Adult stage |
| Important | COPEPODS | See Comments |
| Important | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Important | Animals | Adult stage |
| Important | Crustaceans | Not Specified |
| Important | Osteichthyes | Adult stage |
| Larva | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Larva | Crustaceans | Not Specified |
| Larva | Insects | Not Specified |
| Larva | COPEPODS | Not Specified |
| Larva | Animals | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Juvenile | Diptera | Larva stage |
| Juvenile | Diptera | Pupa stage |
| Juvenile | Ephemeroptera | Larva stage |
| Juvenile | Animals | Larva stage |
| Juvenile | Animals | Pupa stage |
| Juvenile | Insects | Pupa stage |
| Juvenile | Insects | Larva stage |
| Juvenile | COPEPODS | See Comments |
| Juvenile | Crustaceans | Not Specified |
| Juvenile | Animals | Not Specified |
| Adult | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Adult | Osteichthyes | Not Specified |
| Adult | Malacostraca | Not Specified |
| Adult | Perciformes | Adult stage |
| Adult | Odonata | Larva stage |
| Adult | Ephemeroptera | Larva stage |
| Adult | Animals | Not Specified |
| Adult | Animals | Larva stage |
| Adult | Animals | Adult stage |
| Adult | Crustaceans | Not Specified |
| Adult | Insects | Larva stage |
| Adult | Osteichthyes | Adult stage |
Comments on General Food Habits
Tennessee Narrative LESS ADAPTED TO CAPTURING FISH IN TURBID WATER RELATIVE TO WHITE CRAPPIE *5323* Virginia Narrative The adults feed primarily on fish and planktonic insects *2129,4205*. The most important parameter limiting species growth and population size is the quantity and quality of available food, especially small forage fish *2129*. Copepod nauplii is important to the young-of-year *3344,2587*. In Arkansas, crappies 175 mm TL concentrated on zooplankton and fishes in the summer and fall, with zooplankton and immature chironomids important durung the other seasons. They consumed less fish and more benthic inverts, especially in March and April *5831*. When new reservoirs are filling, spring crappie consumed insects and earthworms from the littoral zone *6176*. TN00344LESS ADAPTED TO CAPTURING FISH IN TURBID WATER RELATIVE TOWHITE CRAPPIE *TN5323*
Comments on Adult Food Habits
Fishes and midge pupae are most important for adults *2125,2126,1581,4205*. In Canada, as crappie reached 161-240 mm, fish became increasingly important in the diet *3345*. In a Calafornia study, golden shiners were the most important single item in the diet *5189*. In Oklahoma, 6 was the approximate length when crappie began to feed on fish *5561*.
Comments on Juvenile Food Habits
Juveniles take mostly midges and zooplankton *2125,2126,1581*, and Copepod nauplii *3344,2587*. In Arizona, shad are 17% of the volume of the yearling diet *1581*. In Beaver and Bull Shoals Reservoirs, Arkansas, the primary foods of fish 175 mm TL were fishes, zooplankton, immature chironomids, and benthic insects. In the early impoundment period, large numbers of earthworms and terrestrial arthropods are eaten *5831*.
Comments on Larval Food Habits
They feed primarily on microcrustaceans and planktonic insects *2129*. In South Carolina, larval foods appeared unchanged by the operation of commercial power generation, and Diaphanosoma spp constituted 82-90% of the food eaten. Copepod nauplii is also taken *3343*.
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| General | TN5323, 2129, 1581, 835, 3342, 3343, 3344, 2587, 2584, 5831, 4205 |
| Adult | 2125, 2126, 1581, 835, 3342, 3343, 3344, 2587, 2584, 3345, 5189, 5561, 4205 |
| Juvenile | 2125, 2126, 1581, 3345, 3344, 2587, 5831, 4205 |
| Larval | 2129, 3344, 2587, 3345 |
| Important | 1581, 835, 3342, 2584, 3344, 2587, 3343 |