Redclaw

Phylum Crustacea; Order; Decapoda; Family Parastacidae (Freshwater Crayfish); Scientific name: Cherax quadricarinatus; Common name: Redclaw; Alternative common name: North Queensland Yabby- Distribution in Australia: Naturally occurring only in the streams flowing north into Gulf of Carpentaria in the north-eastern Northern Territory and north-western Queensland; introduced to southern Queensland and north-western Western Australia; Distribution outside Australia; Papua New Guinea; Introduced to Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, Zambia, Mexico, Jamaica and Puerto Rico – Status note: it is considered an invasive species outside of its original distribution range.