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The ruffe has the ability to overtake many other fish species, and consequently damage the Great Lakes ecosystems.
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The ruffe also has a large, spiny dorsal fin likely distasteful to its predators.
The ruffe has the capacity to reproduce at an extremely high rate.
A Ruffe usually matures in two to three years, but a ruffe that lives in warmer waters has the ability to reproduce in the first year of life.
The introduction of the ruffe seems to be causing much damage and has become a big
The ruffe has similar eating habits, as well as having an accelerated reproduction rate compared to other like fish.
The ruffe also has an excepional ability to detect water vibrations through organs called neuromasts.
Not only has the ruffe become an inconvenience but, it is also the first invasive species to have been labeled a nuisance by the Non-indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Program.
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48 forms ( species and infraspecific taxa ) of fish have been encountered in the lake, including roach, carp bream, zander, European perch, ruffe, endemic variety of smelt, two varieties of Coregonus albula ( vendace ), eight varieties of Coregonus lavaretus, a number of other Salmonidae as well as, albeit rarely, endangered European sea sturgeon.
Life, for the Eurasian ruffe, starts as an egg, like other fish.
Therefore, having more ruffe in the water, leads to less food for other fish.
The chemical lampricide TFM kills ruffe, but leaves other fish untouched.
When injured, a ruffe will release this pheromone into the water to warn other ruffe to stay away.
Second, the pheromone is species specific, so it would only repel the ruffe, none of the other fish.
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The ruffe is usually 4-6 inches ( 10 – 15 cm ) in length and will never exceed 10 inches ( 25 cm ), but is a very aggressive fish for its size.
The population is threatened by deteriorating water quality and by the ruffe, a fish introduced to the lake in the 1980s and now eating the eggs and fry of gwyniad.
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The darters, perches, and their relatives are in this family: well-known species include the walleye, ruffe, and three species of perch.
They are dominated by the genera Gobio, Romanogobio, Squalius and Chondrostoma and contain such species as carp, Prussian carp, roach, bream, Silver Bream, pike, perch, ruffe, chalcalburnus, Sprattus, Mugil and others.
The lake contains salmon, trout, pike, perch, minnow, dace, ruffe and eel, though the predominant species is roach, which is believed to have been introduced in the form of discarded live-baits by visiting pike anglers.
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Ever since the ruffe was introduced into the Great Lakes system, scientists and fishery managers have been searching for the right way to get rid of them.
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It also contains the endemic gwyniad, now listed as critically endagered by the IUCN due to the introduction of the invasive and non native ruffe.
Its common names are ambiguous – " ruffe " may refer to any local member of its genus Gymnocephalus, which as a whole is natively endemic to Eurasia.
The most obvious features to recognize a ruffe are the ruffe's large, continuous dorsal fin and its slightly downturned mouth.
In Eurasia, the ruffe diet mainly consists of zoobenthos: chironomids, small aquatic bugs and larvae, which are all found in the Benthic zone of the water column.
The primary spawning season for the ruffe occurs from the middle of April through approximately June.
One week after the hatching, the young ruffe start to swim and feed actively, but they do not form schools at this age.
From here, the ruffe gradually mature until they are 2 – 3 years old, when they reach full maturity.
At full length, the adult ruffe is usually around 20 cm, but at a maximum of 29 cm.
Growth is usually occurs more when the ruffe is in clear, brackish waters.
Generally, female and male ruffe do not live longer than 7 to 11 years.
This trait both aids the ruffe in finding food and gives the rudge an edge in avoiding predators.
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