Definition of "croppie"

"Bexar" is correct as to the black bass, croppie and wide-mouthed perch, all of which are very abundant in Texas waters, but whether the ...

1881, Forest and Stream, page 129

"Our Croppie," the greatest pan-fish of the West, is highly esteemed by us for the table. We have seen a monster Croppie this spring, weighing over three pounds, taken at Murdock Club Lake, near St. Louis, on the Illinois […]

1888, George Brown Goode, American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America, with Especial Reference to Habits and Methods of Capture, page 72

[page 31:] The croppie usually has only six spines in the dorsal, while the calico bass has seven.[page 34:] Such a rod, while being quite light, is strong enough to lift the fish from the water, for the croppie gives very [little resistance...] The croppies, and especially the southern croppie or newlight, rise well to the artificial fly, and […]

1891, Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for Indiana