Specimen Information

Gymnocephalus cernua
Gymnocephalus cernua
(Ruffe)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID237250
GroupFishes
GenusGymnocephalus
Speciescernua
Common NameRuffe
CountryCanada
StateON
LocalityKaministiquia River at km 42 (Harstone Bridge at Stanley) [Lake Superior tributary, Thunder Bay region]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDog River-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC8 Number04160001
HUC10 NameDog River-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC10 Number0416000100
HUC12 NameDog River-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC12 Number041600010000
Map
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Collection Day4
Collection Month7
Collection Year2006
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16140
Author:Czypinski, G.D., A.K. Bowen, M.A. Goehle, and B. Brownson.
Date:2007
Title:Surveillance for ruffe in the Great Lakes, 2006.
Publisher:US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ashland, WI.
CommentsA bottom trawl ruffe reduction plan removed 6,837 ruffe from 2005-2006 in the river.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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