Crappie recent decades. By information from International Game Fish Association IGFA the most outstanding records: Crappie Crappies () are a genus, "Pomoxis", of North American fresh water fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae. Both species in this genus are popular pan fish. The genus name "Pomoxis" derives from the Greek πώμα (cover, plug, operculum) and οξύς (sharp). The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), derives from the Canadian French "crapet," which refers to many different fishes of the sunfish family. Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan), speckled perch, crappie bass, calico
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