Tags: Crustacean.

Acocil is a species of crayfish native to Mexico Cambarellus montezumae. The name acocil comes from the Nahuatl cuitzilli meaning crooked one of the water or squirms in the water. It is a traditional foodstuff of the Pre-Columbian Mexicans who boiled or baked the animal and ate it in tacos. It is found across a broad section of Mexico from Lake Chapala in Jalisco to the crater lakes of Puebla and so is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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