Specimen Information

Gymnocephalus cernua
Gymnocephalus cernua
(Ruffe)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID46335
GroupFishes
GenusGymnocephalus
Speciescernua
Common NameRuffe
StateWI
CountyDouglas
LocalitySt. Louis River near Lake Superior
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSt. Louis
HUC8 Number04010201
HUC10 NameSaint Louis River
HUC10 Number0401020116
HUC12 NameSaint Louis River
HUC12 Number040102011604
Map
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:522
Author:Pratt, D.M., W.H. Blust, and J.H. Selgeby
Date:1992
Title:Ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus: Newly introduced in North America.
Journal:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Volume:49
Pages:1616-1618
Reference 2
Ref. Number:485
Author:Underhill, J.C.
Date:1989
Title:The distribution of Minnesota fishes and late Pleistocene glaciation.
Journal:Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Volume:55
Issue:1
Pages:32-37
Reference 3
Ref. Number:16431
Author:Bronte, C.R., M.P. Ebener, D.R. Schreiner, D.S. DeVault, M.M. Petzold, D.A. Jensen, C. Richards, and S.J. Lorenzo
Date:2003
Title:Fish community change in Lake Superior, 1970-2000.
Journal:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Issue:60
Pages:1552-1574
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
VerifierT.M Cavender, Ohio State Univ. Mus. of Zoology
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected66
Year Classlarvae


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