centrarchid - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseedcrappie - small sunfishes of central United States rivers freshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis black bass - widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family) sunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae |