Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
If you Google "crappie eyes" and click on "Images", you'll see that the vertical bars on the eyes may not be all that uncommon (with even some pics of White Crappie with the black bar in the eyes).

I "kinda" remember seeing some Crappie with that bar, but never thought much about it.

Wonder if our esteemed KDFWR biologists have an explanation ??
I have written KDFWR .... will update the post when I get a reply