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Blue crayfish identification: Procambarus or Cherax?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:30 pm
by Corvinus
Hello,

Some days ago I bought two crayfishes from a petstore. At first, I thought they were both Procambarus alleni, but a more thorough examination revealed that at least one of them is Cherax quadricarinatus, and the other one appears to be P. alleni, but I'm not sure.

Please, could you identify the crayfish of the photos and tell me the differences with the Cherax genus?

Thank you :smt006

Re: Blue crayfish identification: Procambarus or Cherax?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:09 pm
by Mustafa
Procambarus alleni. If you search for pictures of the Cherax destructor on the web, you'll easily see the differences. A picture speaks a thousand words... :)