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hey all,
i've been fishing again but this time i barely even got a nibble, however, as i stared vacantly at the rivers edge i noticed a crab scuttling along the rocks. i spent the next few hours using pippey to lure out these little critters so i could take a proper look at them. eventually i managed to catch a couple and take some photos.





can anyone identify the species? they were caught in the maribyrnong river in melbourne which is a muddy, esturine system. the crab in the photos had about a 3cm carapace width but there was another much larger (4-6cm carapace width) specimen that i didn't manage to photograph. this large one also had a one over sized claw, which leads me to think that they are fiddler crabs of somekind.

dont know the name bur sure kool pics

Ah they are pretty cool looking. Sorry I don't know the particular species.

I used to go "crabbing" all the time when I was a kid in maine. A piece of mussle or clam on the end of a string is the ultimate crab catcher. He latches onto the frickin' thing and won't let go no matter what haha. I can't wait until I go back there I miss it.