Crayfish are heavy bodied crustaceans with an enlarged, pincer-like first pair of legs and are known by many common names depending on the area they are found. In New South Wales and Victoria they are called yabbies, in Western Australia the Koonac, Gigly and the Marron, while Queensland has the Redclaw.

What is a yabby in Australia?

The common yabby (Cherax destructor) is the best known of the freshwater crayfish species native to Australia . It occurs west of the Great Dividing Range in NSW, through the Murray Darling basin into QLD, Victoria and South Australia . … It is the most abundant and successful of the Australian freshwater crayfishes.

What are all the names for crayfish?

There are so many names: crayfish, crawdads, mudbugs, ditchbugs, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, and yabbies.