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Common yabby Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Family: Parastacidae Genus: Cherax Species: C. destructor Binomial name Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) The common yabby (Cherax destructor) is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae ...
Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea .
Colour is highly variable and depends on the environmental conditions and habitat; yabbies can range from black, blue-black, dark brown, dark red, dark green, dark blue and brown-red. Although usually consisting of a brownish-red top side and a light or dark blue underside and legs. Orange fingers and blue legs of Cherax depressus
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Some kinds of crayfish are known locally as lobsters, [4] crawdads, [5] mudbugs, [5] and yabbies. In the Eastern United States, "crayfish" is more common in the north, while "crawdad" is heard more in central and southwestern regions, and "crawfish" farther south, although considerable overlaps exist. [6] The study of crayfish is called ...
Cherax albidus is known to grow over 13 cm (5 in) in length. [2] Colour in C. albidus can vary according to a number of environmental and genetic factors; colours such as a beige or coffee colour, black, and even sapphire blue are common, with the latter being the rarest of the colours found.
Crayfish are eaten all over the world. Like other edible crustaceans, only a small portion of the body of a crayfish is edible. In most prepared dishes, such as soups, bisques and étouffées, only the tail portion is served.
The colour of C. quadricarinatus ranges from dark brown to blue-green. Their heads have four keels (as inferred by the epithet), and adult males have a distinct red patch on the outer margin of the claws. [5]