Identification. The Kazakh steppeland, north of the Tien Shan Mountains, south of Russian Siberia, west of the Caspian Sea, and east of China, has been inhabited since the Stone Age.
Black crappie have seven or eight dorsal spines, while white crappies have only six Common names: Specks, White Perch, Sac-a-lait, Croppie, Papermouth, Slab. Size: The world record black crappie is 5 lbs, and the record white crappie is 5 lbs, 3 oz.
connected and appear as one. The black crappie usually has 7 or 8 spines while the white crappie normally has only six (Fig. 1). Crappies are very thin, perhaps the thinnest of all sunfish. The black crappie is a bit deeper-bodied than the white crappie. It's possible for crappies to reach 18 inches in Wisconsin, but 8- to 10-inch