Pontastacus leptodactylus, Danube crayfish : fisheries

Pontastacus leptodactylus   (Eschscholtz, 1823)

Danube crayfish
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Pontastacus leptodactylus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Astacidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; freshwater; brackish.  Temperate; 4°C - 30°C (Ref. 126950)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Ponto-Caspian Region.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 9.0, range 7 - ? cm Max length : 18.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126964); 15.6 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 178.93 g (Ref. 126964); max. published weight: 178.93 g

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species is native and widely distributed in lakes, ponds and rivers throughout of Turkey. Introduced in many European countries until 1986, before the crayfish plague was observed in 1985 (Ref. 126939).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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