How many types of crays
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Thu, 2010-11-18 22:47
Just curious as to how many different types of crays you can get out of local waters, i know of reds and southern's but how many others and what sort
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dagree
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Whites and Fighters
are just 2 others..... I don't target them or any other shellfish because of a shellfish allergy now so don't keep up
as timmmbo said in another thread maybe Dr Google could help
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carnarvonite
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Southern/Fighters
Southern crays are nicknamed fighters because they will have a go at you or whatever else is near or in the pot with them.
Reds/ whites are the same and also called biscuities when they are getting close to moulting because the shell is really pinkish and shabby in appearance.
Not sure on the difference between painted and northern crays but no doubt someone from that neck of the woods can fill us in
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whites
reds and whites are the same crayfish just different stage of the molt.... slipper cray is another im aware of - very unusual looking cray/lobster and very tastey! caught a few in the pots at abrolhos during stint over there
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Indiana
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Western Rock lobster
Technically speacking they are the Western Rock Lobster between Abrolhos and around the south coast ...... the southern Rock Lobster ( fighter) from Busselton south.
Then theres the funny little critter that Poddy's mentioned
From the Abrolhos north you can also include the Green Cray and the Painted Cray.
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there is also the ornate
there is also the ornate crayfish that looks very similar to the painted and is just generally called a painted anyway
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MattMiller
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We had
a spot/reef in Mandurah where we would get 1-2 Southerns per week in our pots. Had no idea why they were in that particular area but we never got them anywhere else.