Callinectes bellicosus

Callinectes bellicosus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. They are native to warm waters and shorelines in Mexico.^[2] They are prepared and eaten in the same manner as blue crabs.

Callinectes bellicosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Genus:	Callinectes
Species:	C. bellicosus
Binomial name
Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859) [1]