What is the rarest type of crayfish?

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Rarest in the pet trade? I don't know. Probably one of those tropical Cherax. Definitely not the "electric blue lobster", which is usually a blue morph of the Florida Crayfish (Procambarus alleni) and is one of the most common crayfish in the trade. If you are looking for a species in high demand to breed, I suggest the orange morph of the Mexican Dwarf Crayfish (Cambarellus patzcuarensis). Lots of people seem to be looking for those guys.

There are several hundred crayfish species altogether, and the great majority are not in the pet trade at all. There are quite a few crayfish species that are critically endangered in the wild, especially spring and cave associated crays that often have tiny ranges.
 
Lepisosteus platyrhincus;3787607; said:
im interested in that now.......
ill be keeping an eye on this thread! :)
i want to know what some of the largest fresh water crays are. prob is our big cray people have really disappeared. black sun, yabba :( wonder what happend
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I've got a C. quad who's 8" now. I found this picture of a C. quad varient awhile back here on MFK. Can you imagine?? You'd have to lock your cats up at night! :ROFL:

Yabbadoos C.quad_Walkamin strain-male.jpg
 
Idt thats even a cray.... its so big
 
TwistedPenguin;3786895; said:
I ran across this purple one that I really want and couldn't find ANYwhere. All it said was something like 'Purple Cherax from Irian Jaya'. There's so many thousands of cray species that I can't imagine how you'd go about finding out which was more rare than the next.
Here's a picture of the one I was talking about. Maybe someone can help me find it.....hint hint.....because I'd love to have one!
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That cray looks like its on fire!
 
Depends on if you are talking about rare in captivity or rare in nature. If in nature I would say marmorkreb as it has unknown origins.
 
I mean rare in captivity! idk how i wld find a rare fish in nature unless i rlly looked...(but it wld be good stories)
 
TwistedPenguin;3786895; said:
I ran across this purple one that I really want and couldn't find ANYwhere. All it said was something like 'Purple Cherax from Irian Jaya'. There's so many thousands of cray species that I can't imagine how you'd go about finding out which was more rare than the next.
Here's a picture of the one I was talking about. Maybe someone can help me find it.....hint hint.....because I'd love to have one!
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there are 47 cherax sp. this is gonna take me awhile. i found this and this is similar but im pretty sure not the same.
Cherax setosus
 
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found it!! but the site is in some dif language

http://www.aqa.ru/forum/vt137433
 
 
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