a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua, having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae (perches)
Also called: pope
Word origin
C15: perhaps an alteration of rough (referring to its scales)
Examples of 'ruffe' in a sentence
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However, ruffe consumed mostly benthic chironomids, while perch epiphytic chironomids and zooplankton.
Małgorzata Dukowska, Maria Grzybkowska 2014, 'Coexistence of Fish Species in a Large Lowland River: Food Niche Partitioning betweenSmall-Sized Percids, Cyprinids and Sticklebacks in Submersed Macrophytes', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0109927. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ratio of benthic vs pelagic prey in the diet increased with ruffe size.
Pietro Volta, Erik Jeppesen, Barbara Campi, Paolo Sala, Matthias Emmrich, Ian Winfield 2013, 'The population biology and life history traits of Eurasian ruffe [Gymnocephalus cernuus(L.), Pisces: Percidae] introduced into eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes in NorthernItaly', Journal of Limnologyhttp://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/563. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ruffe, by contrast, do not display a pronounced ontogenetic diet shift.
LORENZONI M., CAROSI A., PEDICILLO G., TRUSSO A. 2007, 'A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE FEEDING COMPETITION OF THE EUROPEAN PERCH PERCA FLUVIATILISL. AND THE RUFFE GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS (L.) IN LAKE PIEDILUCO (UMBRIA, ITALY).', Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystemshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae:2007016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This provides indirect confirmation of a negative interaction with the ruffe.
LORENZONI M., CAROSI A., PEDICILLO G., TRUSSO A. 2007, 'A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE FEEDING COMPETITION OF THE EUROPEAN PERCH PERCA FLUVIATILISL. AND THE RUFFE GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS (L.) IN LAKE PIEDILUCO (UMBRIA, ITALY).', Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystemshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae:2007016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)