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Scientific Name: Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- TSN: 168520

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species Synonym(s):Acerina cernua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acerina czekanowskii Dybowski, 1874
Acerina fischeri Eichwald, 1873
Acerina vulgaris Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
Perca cernua Linnaeus, 1758


Vernacular name(s): blacktail [English]
pope [English]
redfin darter [English]
ruffe [English]


Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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 Kingdom Animalia-- animals
   Phylum Chordata-- chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates
     Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes
      Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
       Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians
        Infraclass Teleostei
         Superorder Acanthopterygii
          Order Perciformes-- perch-like fishes
           Suborder Percoidei
              Family Percidae-- perches, true perches
                  Genus Gymnocephalus-- European ruffes
                      Species Gymnocephalus cernuus-- blacktail, pope
                      
                      

References
Expert(s):Wayne C. Starnes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA



Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004 website (version 10-May-04); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/)
Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0)
Source: Starnes, Wayne C., Ms database (version 23-May-03); (Final draft intended for publication in updated "Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada" (last published, without fishes, in 1987; earlier draft from 1998 is superceded by this May 2003 draft))



References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.     Comments: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1.     Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams
Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch 1989. Aquarium Atlas. Hans A. Baensch. Melle, Germany. 992. ISBN: 3-88244-050-3.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 183. ISBN: 0-913235-70-9.
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Geographic Information:Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)North America

Jurisdiction:Continental US, Introduced
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