Specimen Information

Gymnocephalus cernua
Gymnocephalus cernua
(Ruffe)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID238688
GroupFishes
GenusGymnocephalus
Speciescernua
Common NameRuffe
StateMI
CountyHoughton
LocalityKeweenaw Waterway (South Entry - Portage Lake) [S of Houghton, MI]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameKeweenaw Peninsula
HUC8 Number04020103
HUC10 NamePortage Lake
HUC10 Number0402010303
HUC12 NamePortage Lake-Portage River
HUC12 Number040201030307
Map
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Collection Day26
Collection Month9
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.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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