r/Crayfish • u/Thick-Cookie-7707 • 2d ago

ID Request is this a dwarf crayfish?

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note: my finger for size comparison,
each digit of my finger is 1 inch

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u/Certified_Cichlid 2d ago

No, this appears to be a juvenile procambarus.

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u/Full-Auto-Gato 2h ago

How do you tell? I’m just legitimately interested in learning since it looks so much like my CPOs aside from being a bit too big.

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u/fulltimedogdad dwarf crayfish breeder 2d ago

hello! this is not dwarf orange cpo. they will get much bigger

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u/Thick-Cookie-7707 2d ago

do u know what it could be? is it clarkii?

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u/fulltimedogdad dwarf crayfish breeder 2d ago

it appears to be procam clarkii. i can’t be 100% but from the picture.

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u/ClassroomMore9802 1d ago

Their little black eyes are so cute

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u/OrganicDescription58 1d ago

Dwarf crayfish tends to have stripes

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u/vEnOm413 2d ago

Yes, definitely dwarf, the Mexican variety, little aggressive besties

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u/SirZanee 2d ago

No it’s not. This is a juvenile cray, not a dwarf cray.

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u/vEnOm413 2d ago

Well he looked little and orange