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Red crayfish

Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The red crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is a species in the family Cambaridae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the red crayfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red crayfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red crayfish as introduced in 38 countries, and flagged as invasive in 19 of them.

  1. Austriainvasive
  2. Brazilinvasive
  3. Canary Islandsinvasive
  4. Chinainvasive
  5. Colombiainvasive
  6. Egyptinvasive
  7. Franceinvasive
  8. Germanyinvasive
  9. Italyinvasive
  10. Japaninvasive
  11. Kenyainvasive
  12. Maltainvasive
  13. Netherlandsinvasive
  14. Philippinesinvasive
  15. Polandinvasive
  16. Portugalinvasive
  17. Spaininvasive
  18. Switzerlandinvasive
  19. United Kingdominvasive
  20. Belgium
  21. Belize
  22. Costa Rica
  23. Cyprus
  24. Dominican Republic
Show 14 more countries
  1. Guatemala
  2. Israel
  3. Morocco
  4. Nicaragua
  5. Nigeria
  6. Panama
  7. South Africa
  8. Sudan
  9. Thailand
  10. Uganda
  11. Venezuela
  12. Vietnam
  13. Zambia
  14. Zimbabwe

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the red crayfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red crayfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyCambaridae
  6. genusProcambarus
  7. SpeciesProcambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)

Synonyms Cambarus clarkii

Other names and names in other languages (61)
  • American crayfishEnglish
  • Louisiana crawfishEnglish
  • Louisiana crayfishEnglish
  • Louisiana lobsterEnglish
  • Louisiana red crayfishEnglish
  • Louisiana swamp crayfishEnglish
  • Red swamp crawfishEnglish
  • Red swamp crayfishEnglish
  • RooimoeraskreefAfrikaans
  • SakchohommaAlabama
  • cámbaru de ríu americanuAsturian
  • Cranc roig americàCatalan
  • rak červenýCzech
  • Louisiana-flodkrebsDanish
  • LouisianakrebsGerman
  • Acocil rojoSpanish
  • punarapuFinnish
  • Écrevisse de LouisianeFrench
  • Cangrexo de río americanoGalician
  • סרטן ביצות אדוםHebrew
  • kaliforniai vörösrákHungarian
  • Gambero killerItalian
  • アメリカザリガニJapanese
  • 미국가재Korean
  • Klarko vėžysLithuanian
  • Rode moeraskreeftDutch
  • rak luizjańskiPolish
  • Lagostim-vermelho-do-LouisianaPortuguese
  • Луизианский ракRussian
  • močvirski škarjarSlovenian
  • röd sumpkräftaSwedish
  • กุ้งแดงThai
  • 小龍蝦Chinese
  • Cranc de riu americàCatalan
  • Louisiana-FlusskrebsGerman
  • Louisiana-SumpfkrebsGerman
  • Roter Amerikanischer SumpfkrebsGerman
  • Roter SumpfkrebsGerman
  • Cangrejo americanoSpanish
  • Cangrejo de río americanoSpanish
  • Cangrejo rojo americanoSpanish
  • Langostino americanoSpanish
  • Ecrevisse rouge de LouisianeFrench
  • écrevisse rouge de maraisFrench
  • Gambero rosso della LouisianaItalian
  • Gambero Rosso della LousianaItalian
  • 노멀클라키Korean
  • 붉은가재Korean
  • Amerikaanse rode rivierkreeftDutch
  • Louisiana-rivierkreeftDutch
  • Rode Amerikaanse rivierkreeftDutch
  • Rode rivierkreeftDutch
  • กุ้งก้ามแดงThai
  • กุ้งญี่ปุ่นThai
  • กุ้งเครย์ฟิชThai
  • 克氏原蝲蛄Chinese
  • 克氏原螯虾Chinese
  • 克氏原螯蝦Chinese
  • 克氏螯蝦Chinese
  • 美國螯蝦Chinese
  • 美洲螯蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red crayfish

Other species in the same genus Procambarus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red crayfish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the red crayfish as invasive in 19 countries, including Austria, Brazil, Canary Islands, China and Colombia. It lists it as introduced in 38 in all.

What kind of animal is the red crayfish?

The red crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) belongs to the family Cambaridae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-crayfish

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BibTeX
@misc{red_crayfish_2026,
  title = {Red crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-crayfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}