Blue Swimmer Crab

CAAB Code: 28 911005

Standard Fish Name: Blue Swimmer Crab

Scientific Name: Portunus pelagicus

Authority: Linnaeus, 1758

Family: Portunidae

Obsolete Names: blue crab; blue manna; blue manna crab; blue swimmer; bluey; brown mud crab; sand crab; sandy

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Portunidae Family Members

CAAB CODE	STANDARD FISH NAME (SFN)	SFN SCOPE	SCIENTIFIC NAME	OBSOLETE NAMES	PHOTO
28 911005	Blue Swimmer Crab	Species	Portunus pelagicus	blue crab; blue manna; blue manna crab; blue swimmer; bluey; brown mud crab; sand crab; sandy ... more
28 911001	Coral Crab	Species	Charybdis feriata	crucifix crab ... more
28 911902	MUD CRAB	Group	Scylla spp	black crab; black female crab; black male crab; brown crab; brown mud crab; giant mud crab; green cr ... more
28 911901	SAND CRAB	Group	Ovalipes spp	blue manna crab; coral crab; red spotted crab; red-spotted crab; rock crab; sandy crab; South Austra ... more
28 911004	Velvet Crab	Species	Nectocarcinus tuberculosus	... more

Database last updated: 20070808