Crayfish ID please

[Nabbig2]

Caught them while on my forced vacation to Tahoe (Fumigation). They are each in a 10g right now gobbling bloodworms, but what species are they? Thanks.

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[Noto]

Signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus.

 

[Mr.Kiet]

Whoa. Looking good!

 

[black_sun]

Ooo, if that's a Signal crayfish, get more and sell me some! Great looking cray!

 

[Otto_VonBacon]

Whoa, she looks so... Armory... Awesome!

 

[Nabbig2]

Thanks for the replies guys Never heard of that genus of crayfish before.

Sorry black_sun, but I caught these guys far away from where I live, so I don't think I'll be getting more any time soon.

 

[Noto]

Pacifastacus are the only native crayfish west of the Rockies, and are more closely related to European crayfish than to eastern North American crayfish. There are some introduced Procambarus clarki and probably other eastern species in the west now.

 

[Nabbig2]

Pacifastacus are the only native crayfish west of the Rockies, and are more closely related to European crayfish than to eastern North American crayfish. There are some introduced Procambarus clarki and probably other eastern species in the west now.

Yep, there are louisiana crayfish (P. clarkii) around here. I used to have a couple; in fact, their pics should still be somewhere in the picture thread in this forum.

 

[Hoyo12]

Nice.
They seem to be the same species I find around my area every now and again.

 

[jerzyperson]

i have those kind everywhere around here. i feed them to my turtles