Crayfish

The crayfish is a small crustacean, possessed of a brown carapace and two front claws. Found in the rivers and lakes of La Noscea, Thanalan, and the Black Shroud, it serves the ecosystem by consuming detritus and smaller marine life, and serves fishermen as they begin to learn their trade by proving a very easy catch.

Many fishermen will say that one need no bait at all to catch crayfish, so eager are they to attack and feed; this is, unfortunately, an exaggeration.

A fish so small is difficult to prepare in a single dish for a man or woman, but its flesh can be minced and mixed into a rye-flour paste to tempt larger fish. The Grand Companies of Eorzea often requisition crayfish from beginning fishermen.