#4557 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Eastern Crayfish
Cambarus bartonii
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what is it?
Cambarus bartonii is a species of crayfish native to eastern North America, where it is called the common crayfish or Appalachian brook crayfish .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,809 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798 (228 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Crayfish
- scientific name
- Cambarus bartonii
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Cambaridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,809
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1798 by Johan Christian Fabricius
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cambaridae
#4441 📷 9Red Swamp Crayfish
🇳🇱 Rode Amerikaanse rivierkreeft
Procambarus clarkii
LC 👀 635 in NL
#4456 📷 7Spinycheek Crayfish
🇳🇱 Gevlekte Amerikaanse rivierkreeft
Faxonius limosus
LC 👀 84 in NL
#4473 📷 8Virile Crayfish
🇳🇱 Geknobbelde Amerikaanse rivierkreeft
Faxonius virilis
LC 👀 21 in NL
#4481 📷 10White River Crayfish
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Amerikaanse rivierkreeft
Procambarus acutus
LC 👀 14 in NL
#4564 📷 10Rusty Crayfish
🇳🇱 Roestbruine Amerikaanse rivierkreeft
Faxonius rusticus
LC 🌍 5.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 83471, Wikidata Q5025022, GBIF 2227381, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.