Balon's ruffe

Balon's ruffe
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Percidae
Genus:	Gymnocephalus
Species:	G. baloni
Binomial name
	Gymnocephalus baloni; Holčík & K. Hensel, 1974

Gymnocephalus baloni, the Danube ruffe, is a species of perch native to the drainages of the Danube from delta to Germany and the Dnieper from delta to Kiev and is expected to occur in the Dniester. It inhabits areas with sand or mud subtrates. 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.

References

^ Freyhof, J. 2011. Gymnocephalus baloni. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 01 May 2014.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Gymnocephalus baloni" in FishBase. April 2014 version.

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[1] Freyhof, J. 2011. Gymnocephalus baloni. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 01 May 2014.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Gymnocephalus baloni" in FishBase. April 2014 version.

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