1966 DARE Tape NC1, Down in South Florida in the Gulf, they have a fish down there that’s something similar to a lobster only he don’t have the big claw-which the proper name of it is a crawfish but they really call him a lobster. Walton’s was the only clawfish of the day, however. Walton Displays 12½-pound lobster caught while codfishing off Ocean City. Sun (Baltimore MD) 15 Feb sec D 13/1, Clarence A. The crabs are just starting to show up there in numbers, and folks are busy pulling in lines of the tasty clawfish. 1961 Tampa Tribune (FL) 15 Aug 20/4, Most of the activity around the marina has been along the city’s fishing pier. 1937 Allentown Morning Call (PA) 24 Oct 15/1, Clawfish Tails lb 39c. Sperling resides in the Plaza cottage and whenever the weather looks good for crabs he goes to the beach and hunts the claw fish with great energy. 1901 Asbury Park Daily Press (NJ) 5 Feb 1/3, Mr. John went off with his thumb in his mouth and we reckon he will be careful how he goes for “claw-fish” in a hurry. 1872 Oakland Daily Transcript (CA) 3 July 3/2, The lobster got John’s thumb in his claws. The body is like that of a claw-fish, or crab, having eight legs covered with hair. have each two long arms coming out of the head, and ending like lobsters’ claws. Post (NY) 15 June /6, Whereas the claw fish denominated Crab, has become somewhat scarce in the markets of our city, application will be made to the next legislature for a charter for a bank, to be called the Crab Bank, to be located at the foot of the Pike Slip, in the 7th ward, with a capital of $35, with privilege to increase to $50. In the Fall River subdrainage, populations occur in the following bodies of water: Fall River Big Lake, also known as Horr Pond Bit Tule River Spring, Mallard, Squaw and Lava creeks and Crystal, Thousand and Rainbow springs.Clawfish n ġ Generally, any of var larger marine decapod crustaceans sometimes appar applied specifically to one or another variety of these. In the Hat Creek subdrainage, populations have been found in Lost Creek and in Crystal, Baum and Rising River Lakes. The current range of the Shasta crayfish remains limited to Shasta County, California, and has further constricted to only being found in the Pit River drainage and two tributary systems-the Fall River and Hat Creek subdrainages. The historical range of the Shasta crayfish is assumed to have been restricted to cold, clear spring water with rocky substrate found in the Pit River drainage in northeastern Shasta County, California, with its distribution throughout the Fall River, Tule River, Hat Creek, Rising River and the segment of the Pit River that joins these drainages which is upstream of Fall River Mills. The Shasta crayfish was first described in 1914 from the Fall River at Fall River Mills and Hat Creek at Cassel. Invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus), which are more aggressive, reproduce at much higher rates and prey on and outcompete the Shasta crayfish for food and habitatHabitat loss and degradation Furthermore, the non-native signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) is outcompeting and preying on Shasta crayfish causing significant population declines. Over the years, its habitat became more fragmented, reducing the number of locations where it could be found. The historical range of the crayfish is not much different than the current range, however, it was found more widely in those locations in the past. Fish and Wildlife Service on September 30, 1988, populations of the crayfish have declined sharply over the past 30 years to the point where only about 500 individuals remain. The Shasta crayfish is found only in Shasta County, California, in the Pit River drainage and two tributary systems-the Fall River and Hat Creek subdrainages. These colors provide camouflage for the crayfish among the volcanic rubble found in the cold water streams where it lives. Most Shasta crayfish are a dark brownish-green on the topside and a bright orange underside, but some can be blue-green with pink undersides. Shasta crayfish are small to medium-sized crayfish that grow to be 2 to 4 inches in length. Living in cold streams that are fed by underground springs, the Shasta crayfish is California’s last native crayfish.
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