Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common names freshwater crayfish[1] and koura,[2] the latter from their Māori name of kōura.[1] The two species are the northern koura, Paranephrops planifrons, found mainly in the North Island, but also in Marlborough, Nelson, and the West Coast of the South Island, and the southern koura, Paranephrops zealandicus, found only in the eastern and southern of the South Island and on Stewart Island/Rakiura. Both species are a traditional food for Māori, and a small koura aquaculture industry supplies the restaurant market.
^ ab"Kōura". NIWA. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^Richardson, Jody; Adcock, Helen (1992). "Appendix VII - Fish Species List". The Freshwater Fish Database: User Guide for DOC Users. Department of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01407-4.
Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common names freshwater crayfish and koura, the...
immediate threat to the species' survival. Paranephrops planifrons is smaller than the southern kōura, Paranephrops zealandicus, and has front claws that are...
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crayfish are threatened or endangered. In New Zealand, two species of Paranephrops are endemic, and are known by the Māori name kōura. In Australia, New...
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