A Dictionary of Non-Scientific Names of Freshwater Crayfishes ...

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Greensboro burrowing crayfish CAMBARIDAE,
Cambarus (Depressicambarus) catagius. [U.S.: North
Carolina;Guilford County] Williams, et al., 1989,p. 22.
greeur PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
yabbies and other smaller crayfish. [Australia: Victoria;
"Gippsland," (data given do not allow tribal
designation)] Howitt, in Curr, 1887(11)1:556, Sta. 210.
greuche ASTACIDAE, Astacus astacus (Astacus
nobilis, A. fluviatilis, and Potamobius fluviatilis).
[France] Gozmany, 1979:118. Andre, 1960:133,
specifies Morvan, as do Belloc, 1899:141. and Rolland,
1881:230, who cites Chambure, 1878.
grevesse ASTACIDAE, Astacus astacus (Astacus
nobilis, A. fluviatilis, and Potamobius fluviatilis).
[France: Flanders] Andre, 1960:133. [Belgium:
"wallon," = Wallonia] Rolland, 1881:230, citing
"Carlier..publ. par Vandermaelen," which apparently
= Maelen, 1831, q.v.
grilh-dour a neologism; grilh = grasshopper, dour =
freshwater. ASTACIDAE [France: Bretagne] Crosnier,
personal communication. See grasshopper,
Haschreckenkrebs, masan cay, and piau du diable.
grita ASTACIDAE, Astacus astacus (Astacus nobilis,
A. fluviatilis, and Potamobius fluviatilis). [France]
Gozmany, 1979,p.ll8. Andre, 1960:133, specifies
Comte de Nice; Belloc, 1899:142, specifies Menton (a
border dialect between Provencal and the Italian dialect
of Genoa), as does Rolland, 1881,p.231, citing
Andrews, 1877.
grosse Austral-Krebs PARASTACIDAE, Euastacus
armatus. [Germany] Schluter, 1989:526.
grosser Australkrebs PARASTACIDAE, Euastacus
armatus. [Germany] Mosimann and Hofrnan,
1985:38.
gueorenn ASTACIDAE [France: Bretagne] Andre,
1960:133. Rolland, 1881:231, citing Troude, 1876,
specifies "breton de Treguier. See georen and georenn.
gunag PARASTACIDAE, possibly Cherax sp.
[Australia: Western Australia; Nyungar Aboriginal
tribe, (= Wudjari Aboriginal tribe of Tindale,
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
1974:261 (119°45'E x 33°40'S)) Aboriginal language]
Dixon, Ramson, and Thomas, 1990:98. See gonak,
goonack, goonak, koonac, and koonak. See also
marran and marron.
gungulu PARASTACIDAE, probably = Cherax
destructor and/or Euastacus sp. [Australia: New South
Wales; lower Darling River, Victorian group, Bagandji
Aboriginal tribe (= Barkindji Aboriginal tribe of
Tindale, 1974:192 (142°25'E x 32°40'S))] Hercus,
1982:284, 308. See gadjunga and ilidja. See also
koongoola and its variants.
gunnok PARASTACIDAE, "lobster," probably =
Cherax sp. [Australia: Western Australia; South-West
Division, Geographe Bay and Vasse (probably =
Kaneang Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:244 (116°-
40'E x 34°0'S))] Barlee, in Curr, 1886(I):356, Sta.
24. See jilgy, koonak, marran, murrin, and perran.
gurinein PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax davisi. [Australia: Queensland; Dumaresque or
Upper Maclnyre River, Bigambel Aboriginal tribe (=
Bigambul Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:166 (150°-
10'E x 28°10'S))] Turbayne and Laylor, in Curr,
1887(11)1:266, Sta. 176. See gannoon.
hah-tsoo ASTACIDAE, probably Pacifastacus sp.
[U.S.: California, Achomawi Indians (Hokan)] Merriam,
1979:225.
hairy land yabby [PARASTACIDAE, Engaeus spp..
[Australia: Victoria] Olszewski, 1980:16. See yabby.
Haschreckenkrebs = grasshopper crab, from Heuschreckenkrebs.
ASTACIDAE [Germany: Hessen]
James Marchand, Center for Advanced Studies, University
of Illinois, Urbana, tells me he found this word
used for freshwater crayfishes while he was serving in
the occupation forces in the town of Borken, Hessen,
Germany, following World War II. Lipke Holthuis,
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, has informed
me that this is an accepted German vernacular
name for the Stomatopoda (which do not occur in
Germany or along its coasts), and that the word is
uncommon in German literature except in nature-guides
for tourists visiting the Mediterranean. See cheval du
diable, devil's horse, grasshopper, and masan cay.
Hatchie burrowing crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Fallicambarus
(Creaserinus) hortoni. [U.S.: Tennessee;