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

Contents
Page
Introduction 1
What Is a Non-Scientific Name? 2
What Are Crayfishes? 3
Where Do Crayfishes Live? 4
The Australian Aboriginal Names 4
The American Indian Names 6
Organization 6
Mistaken Identities 7
Acknowledgments 7
Word List 9
Sign Language 83
References 85
Language Index 98
Species Index 118
Illustrations
Figure 1. Representative Australian, European, and North American crayfishes . . . 2
Figure 2. Crayfish parts labeled for differentiation from other crustaceans 3
Figure 3. Natural distribution of crayfishes (as opposed to introductions) 5
Figure 4. A representative freshwater crab 8
Figure 5. Representative freshwater shrimps 83
Figure 6. Representative North American and Chinese crayfishes 84
The stylized crayfish ornament used on pages 82, 97, 117, and 127 is from Peddie,
1930:79.
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