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The Everglades crayfish [2] (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States.
Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish [2] or Monongahela crayfish, [1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It has also been found recently in Ohio. [5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County ...
The genus Cambarus is the second largest freshwater crayfish genus inhabiting the Northern Hemisphere, with only sixty fewer species than the genus Procambarus. [2] Though Cambarus are varied across species, the two terminal elements that make up the male form I gonopod form ninety degree angles with the central appendage, allowing for their identification.
Jimmy Pegram of Cajun Crawdad’s said that for the first time ever, crawfish are as expensive as shrimp or crab legs. "Last year, crawfish were around $3.50 to $4 a pound.
Why is there a crawfish shortage? According to PBS.org, nearly 80 percent of Louisiana is in a drought. This leads to businesses outside of the state paying more for crawfish to be imported and ...
The crayfish then reproduce for the first time during the "midsummer of the third or fourth year." The Guyandotte River crayfish are an egg-laying species. [4] After their first time reproducing, they continue to mate annually until their death. Eggs are typically laid in the late summer or fall, and then hatch in the spring. [4]
Procambarus clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, [3] is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern United States, but also introduced elsewhere (both in North America and other continents), where it is often an invasive pest.
The Big Sandy crayfish exhibits "2-3 years of growth with maturation in the third year. The first mating is in the "midsummer of their third or fourth year." "Egg-laying takes place in the late summer or fall, and the young are released in the spring. The following late spring/early summer is when molting of the young occurs."