Red claw info

Red Claw crayfish or scientific name Cherax quadricarinatus. Origin from Australia and its widely farm as commercial. Redclaw is a sought-after product with a delicate crustacean flavour.

Size can reach up to 600g. Each female can spawn up to 300 olive green eggs at one time. And take around 6 weeks for it to hatch. The mature life cycle its around 6 - 12 months.

The red claw crayfish is the only legal pet crayfish in the UK, other than the signal crayfish which can only be kept in certain parts of the UK.

Red claw crayfish / cherax quadricarinatus

Consider one of the most common crayfish available in Malaysia. And can found in some of the river.

Signal crayfish

Scientific name : Pacifastacus leniusculus
Size : 15 cm long

European crayfish

Scientific name : Astacus astacus
Size : Male (16 cm long) & Female (12 cm long)
Mature for breeding after 3 - 4 years.
Breed in Oct and Nov. Fertilised eggs are carried by the female, attached to her pleopods, until the following May, when they hatch and disperse.


The most common species of crayfish in Europe and traditional foodstuff.

Mexico Crasyfish @ Acocil

Usually refer to : Cambarellus montezumae and Cambarellus zempoalensis

White river crawfish

Scientific name : Procambarus zonangulus

Red swamp crayfish

Scientific name : Procambarus clarkii
Native origin : Southeastern United States
Also known as : Louisiana crayfish
Average weight : 50 g
Size : 5 - 12 cm long
Average lifespan : 5 years

Eaten in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States and the Caribbean

Largest crayfish species..

The Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi) is the largest freshwater invertebrate in the world. The species is only found in Tasmania, Australia.

Average weight of 2 kg.

Crayfish as food

We will be focusing on few type of crayfish which can be eaten/ widely eaten such as:-

1. Red swamp crawfish
2. White river crawfish
3. Astacus astacus
4. Pacifastacus leniusculus
5. Mexican crayfish (acocil)

6. Cherax quadricarinatus (red claw)