absolutely 100% white Crappie.. MHall has it correct. White crappie are generally found in smaller water although they are abundant in larger reservoirs too. Google image both of them and you will see that the Black Crappie are darker in color around the back an more pronounced darker stripes. White crappie have more white/silver coloring. I'll have to look at the spine count. I know it's different in whitebass/yellowbass/hybrids etc. but didn't know that about crappie.