What type of crayfish?

[Druu]

Here's a challenge for all you invert junkies- an ID without a pic! I caught a few crays when fishing today. Two are about 1-3/4" and the third is 1-1/4". Shell is brownish, tips of claws are a vivid red. Caught in a tidepool in the Ohio River below a dam when flow was low, so I assume they're used to a rapid current. Any ideas?

 

[pixl8r]

80% sure you've got a P. clarkii or P. alleni. Without good photos it's impossible to tell, even from the best description.

 

[Druu]

Thanks, could I get a genus name? I'll google it and compare the pics to what I have.

 

[thebullit]

Here's a challenge for all you invert junkies- an ID without a pic! I caught a few crays when fishing today. Two are about 1-3/4" and the third is 1-1/4". Shell is brownish, tips of claws are a vivid red. Caught in a tidepool in the Ohio River below a dam when flow was low, so I assume they're used to a rapid current. Any ideas?

did you post this on monster to??

 

[pixl8r]

P. stands for Procambarus.

 

[Notophthalmus]

Pixl8r- what are you basing this on? Procambarus alleni does not occur in Indiana; P. clarkii is there as an invasive, but the description does not match it. It sounds like one of the many Orconectes species to me.

 

[Druu]

Neither of the colors work. They looked more drab except for the very tips of the claws. Not sure if this is a valid measure of maturity, but one of the larger ones pinched the hell out of me. I went to look at them today, looks like something came and ate them out of my outdoor quarantine...

 

[thebullit]

or did they sign out......