Catching a Swamp Yabby. Cherax Latimanus. When I caught this yabby with massive claws I was very impressed with how amazing it looked. A true battle-axe of the crustacean world. This was a common yabby, scientifically known as a Cherax Destructor. Shortly after sharing this catch online I was contacted by a scientist at the Arthur Rylah Institute who was working on the taxonomy of a new species of yabby, the Swamp Yabby, which would later be named Cherax Latimanus. Although the Swamp Yabby, some