[6] The common name refers to the Kisatchie National Forest, near where the original specimens were found in Bayou Santabarb [ceb; wikidata].

[5] The red is mainly on the central joints of the pereiopods, the postorbital ridges, and a little on the posterior margins of the uropods (tail fins) and abdominal segments.

[5] The fingers of the long, stout chelae (claws) are in order from tip to base, red, yellow/cream, blue, and greenish brown/brown.

[3] It is fairly indistinguishable from F. hathawayi blacki except that form I (breeding) males have an apex of their first pleopod (swimming leg) that is slender, long, and curved.

[6] Kisatchie painted crawfish reproduce with the male depositing sperm into an external receptacle under the female's abdomen.

[6] F. maletae prefers clear flowing streams with sandy bottoms and plenty of plant litter and rocks.

[8] Kisatchie painted crayfish are susceptible to increased sediment in the water, particularly related to agricultural runoff and logging.

[9] F. maletae was formerly in the Hespericambarus subgenus of Orconectes, originally described by Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Jr.[7] The name derives from the Latin hesperius (literally 'western') and cambarus[7] (lit.