Balon's ruffe
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Gymnocephalus |
| Species: | G. baloni
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocephalus baloni | |
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| Range of G. baloni (Compiled by: IUCN, 2013.) Resident
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Balon's ruffe (Gymnocephalus baloni), also known as the Danube ruffe, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a ruffe, from the family Percidae which is native to the drainages of the Danube from delta to Germany and the Dnieper from delta to Kyiv and is expected to occur in the Dniester. It inhabits areas with sand or mud substrates. It is active at night and feeds on small invertebrates. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.[2] It is named after Polish-Canadian ichthyologist Eugene K. Balon (1930-2013).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Gymnocephalus baloni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9567A97803904. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Gymnocephalus baloni" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
- ^ Juraj Holčík & Karol Hensel (1974). "A New Species of Gymnocephalus (Pisces: Percidae) from the Danube, with Remarks on the Genus". Copeia. 1974 (2): 471–486. doi:10.2307/1442538. JSTOR 1442538. Subscription required
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