1, 2). Besides the distinct colouration, the female individual was also identified as Cherax quadricarinatus based on the
following diagnostic morphological features: (1) the presence of four long and distinct carinae (ridges) on the dorsal
surface of the cephalon (hence quadricarinatus); (2) three to five pairs of marginal spines on the rostrum; (3) three
distinct lateral cervical spines situated laterally along the cervical groove; (4) two caudolateral spines on the telson, and
(5) dense ventral patches of setae on the merus and carpus of the major chelipeds (Jones & Morgan, 1994). No voucher
specimens were obtained at this time because the captured animals were kept by the fishermen as ornamentals;
however, photographic evidence is available (Fig. 3).