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Semi-aggressive; keep alone.
This one is best kept on its own, or with its own kind.
Semi-aggressive; keep alone.
Check your local laws. EU: not on the Union list of invasive alien species (only Cherax destructor of this genus). US: Washington State prohibits all Parastacidae crayfish except Engaeus, C. quadricarinatus, C. papuanus and C. tenuimanus, which covers C. albertisii. Florida status not confirmed. Never release. Check the rules where you live before you buy one, and never release it into the wild.
Pellets, vegetables and meaty foods.
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Adult males have a red soft (decalcified) patch on the outer edge of the claw, as in redclaw; females lack it.
Common problems. Tap one to see the signs. This is a guide, not a diagnosis.
Egg-bearing mating pairs · Moderate
Females carry 30-100 eggs.
One male and 2 females in a large tank with hides.
Large tank with caves and sand; separate female when berried.
Seasonal temperature changes and good feeding.
Females carry eggs under the tail.
Juveniles are tiny crayfish; feed meaty foods and keep separate to prevent cannibalism.
A blue-green crayfish from the Fly River region of Papua New Guinea, close to the Australian redclaw (C. quadricarinatus) and similar in shape and colour. An Indonesian study calls it "blue-huna". Its identity in the trade is uncertain.
Italian zoologist Giuseppe Nobili described this crayfish in 1899 from material gathered by Italian expeditions to New Guinea. It honours Luigi D'Albertis, who explored the Fly River by steamer in the 1870s.
First described by Giuseppe Nobili in 1899. Named for Named after Italian explorer Luigi M. D'Albertis.
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Invertebrate (freshwater crayfish, family Parastacidae, New Guinea). Cherax (Astaconephrops) albertisii (Nobili, 1899); accepted (WoRMS). IDENTIFICATION WARNING: it belongs to the C. quadricarinatus-albertisii complex, which has much undescribed diversity and no reliable diagnostic characters (USFWS), so trade animals sold as "albertisii" or "blue tiger" may be other species. Common names: blue tiger crayfish, Papua blue green crayfish.
USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Blue tiger crayfish (Cherax albertisii), 2019, citing WoRMS, Chambers 1987, Eprilurahman 2014Legacy has no family; recorded as sourced.
USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Blue tiger crayfish (Cherax albertisii), 2019, citing WoRMS, Chambers 1987, Eprilurahman 2014Legacy has no range; story says "Papuan". No georeferenced records (USFWS).
USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Blue tiger crayfish (Cherax albertisii), 2019, citing WoRMS, Chambers 1987, Eprilurahman 2014 · Lukhaup & Pekny 2008, Zool. Med. Leiden 82: 331-340, Cherax (Astaconephrops) boesemani, a new species (peer-reviewed)Patch is a male character of subgenus Astaconephrops (Lukhaup & Pekny 2008). Legacy claw-size/tail cues not sourced.
Lukhaup & Pekny 2008, Zool. Med. Leiden 82: 331-340, Cherax (Astaconephrops) boesemani, a new species (peer-reviewed) · USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Blue tiger crayfish (Cherax albertisii), 2019, citing WoRMS, Chambers 1987, Eprilurahman 2014Legacy "large ... grows slowly" not sourced. In the pet trade in Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey, apparently not in the US (USFWS).
USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Blue tiger crayfish (Cherax albertisii), 2019, citing WoRMS, Chambers 1987, Eprilurahman 2014Washington rule as quoted by USFWS (2017). German national rules not checked.
Wikipedia: List of invasive alien species of Union concern (summarises EU Reg. 1143/2014 implementing lists 2016/1141 to 2025/1422) · USFWS Ecological Risk Screening Summary: Cherax boesemani (2017), quoting Washington WAC 220-12-090 and Florida FWC prohibited list