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Gymnocephalus cernuus
(ruffe)
Fishes
Exotic to United States


Specimen ID238687
GroupFishes
GenusGymnocephalus
Speciescernuus
Common Nameruffe
StateMI
CountyHoughton
LocalityKeweenaw Waterway (Pike Bay) [near Houghton, MI]
HUC8 NameKeweenaw Peninsula
HUC8 Number4020103
Latitude47.0271505
Longitude-88.517068
Lat-Long SourceGNIS
Lat-Long Accuracyaccurate
Map
Day26
Month9 (September)
Year2006
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Contact[not displayed for privacy reasons]
Primary Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference #1
Ref. Number16140
AuthorCzypinski, G. D., A. K. Bowen, M. A. Goehle and B. Brownson
date2007
titleSurveillance for ruffe in the Great Lakes, 2006.
publisherU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ashland, WI
Record TypeLiterature
Fresh/Marine IntroductionFreshwater
Number Collected/Observed1





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