Cherax albidus

Cherax albidus, commonly known as the white yabby or commercial yabby, is an Australian freshwater crayfish in the Parastacidae family, found primarily in Western Australian agricultural dams, creeks and other small bodies of water. It receives the name of the white yabby to distinguish it from Cherax destructor, the common or blue yabby.^[1]

Cherax albidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Cherax
Species:	C. albidus
Binomial name
Cherax albidus Clark, 1936
Distribution of Cherax Albidus

Similar to the C. destructor, the white yabby shares its common name of yabby with many other Australian Cherax species of crustaceans.

Description

Cherax albidus is known to grow over 13 cm (5 in) in length.^[2] Colour in C. albidus can vary according to a number of environmental and genetic factors; colours such as a beige or coffee colour, black, and even sapphire blue are common, with the latter being the rarest of the colours found.