Species profile—Cherax rhynchotus
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Malacostraca (malacostracans) → Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish) → Cherax rhynchotus
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Family
- Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish)
- Scientific name
- Cherax rhynchotus Riek, 1951
- Type reference
- Riek, E.F. (1951). The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4), 368-388.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 36163
- Alternate name(s)
- Tropical yabby
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=36163.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
