Description
Rainbow Tiger Crayfish
Rainbow Tiger crayfish have small, white stripes on the carapace in contrast to the form which is called Tiger crayfish with broader, orange-yellow stripes. Noteworthy are also the red-white-bluish claws, but also the orange-red tail. So the crayfish are very attractive.
Some Tiger crayfish are approximately 4.7 inches without the antennas and quite impressive. They can live to be approximately 3 years old, while adult males have larger claws than the females and are stronger built.
Order | Decapoda |
Family | Parastacidae |
Species | Cherax peknyi |
Original description: | Lukhaupt and Herbert, 2008 |
Distribution | New Guinea |
Size | approximately 4.7 inches |
Hardness | medium to hard |
ph-Value | 7 – 8 |