white crayfish?

[red devil123]

I was fishing at a local creek and I brushed the net on the bottom of the creek and a there was a white/abino crayfish in my net. is it common to find white crayfish like this? Ive heard there pretty rare. I was going to try to put it in one of my my 20 gallons but it died soon after I caught it.

 

[xrayjeeper83]

I know a guy that is breeding them, but I dont know how many you would see in the wild

 

[zapatower]

Do you have some picture about this crayfish? It would be a apricot cherax Cherax holthuisi, albino mutation is a rare mutation, is more common the blue mutation of cuticle.

 

[piggy67]

Are you sure it was albino? Pink/red eyes? Most likely was Procambarus clarkii. They can range in color from white to blue and anything in between.

 

[red devil123]

i dont have any pics of it, sorry. im sure it wasn't albino it was totally white with black eyes

 

[ruckaisawesome]

is it like the one on the right??

 

[red devil123]

yep almost exactly like it

 

[Chicklette]

Wow, that's interesting, I would love one.

 

[Rawrzer]

wow ive never seen one in the wild. rare find!

 

[black_sun]

Are you sure it was albino? Pink/red eyes? Most likely was Procambarus clarkii. They can range in color from white to blue and anything in between.

In crayfish, they are no pink/red eyes in the albinos. They don't have the type of eyes to result in that. You get a different colored eyeshine than the normal crayfish, though.