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DMM	November 29th, 2006, 7:39 pm
Posts: 34	Cambaridae--probably Orconectes--your two crayfish could be Cambarus or Procambarus though--need pleopod pictures
	David
RALPH	September 27th, 2007, 11:53 pm
Posts: 1	I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC NAME
Taxon	September 28th, 2007, 5:09 am
Site Editor Mercer Island, WA Posts: 921	Ralph- I believe what David indicated was that the photos don't have a view of the body part(s) necessary to reliably identify it to genus, let alone species, so he confirmed the family is Cambaridae, and indicated it was probably of genus Orconectes, but could also be genus Cambarus or Procambarus.
	Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
Gene	September 28th, 2007, 1:58 pm
Posts: 107	As Taxon stated you must have morphological features to identify. However, if you wish to impress your friends you could just call it: Crayfishus vulgarus or Crayfishus mother@#$%us! tight lines and stay away from those pinchers gene www.eugenemacri.com
Sayfu	November 21st, 2011, 3:47 pm
Posts: 268	When referring to the pincers...do they indicate the sex of a crayfish? One big claw, and they are males? I vaguely remember something about this, or just a pipe dream?
Jmd123	November 22nd, 2011, 12:07 pm
Oscoda, MI Posts: 1120	Sayfu, that applies to hermit crabs, the males have one giant claw and the other is tiny...but as far as I know, not to crayfish. Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Entoman	November 22nd, 2011, 12:18 pm
Site Editor Fair Oaks, CA Posts: 782	Crayfish are notorious for stealing appendages from each other. Fish and other critters can chomp them off as well. They regenerate fairly fast and mud-bugs can often be found with claws of various sizes.
	"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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