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Because both species were previously thought to be signal crayfish, the discovery comes as a surprise. These sneaky species required advanced genetic analysis to identify them as separate animals.

Because both species were previously thought to be signal crayfish, the discovery comes as a surprise. These sneaky species required advanced genetic analysis to identify them as separate animals.

The other, the Okanagan crayfish, is found in, well, B.C.'s Okanagan Lake. Both were previously mistaken for the signal crayfish, the most common species of crayfish on the West Coast, Larson said.