What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Ruffe been recorded?

Gymnocephalus cernua occurrence evidence comes from 260,709 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1871 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

PerciformesPercidaeGymnocephalus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

260,709 records across 32 countries and territories, 1871–2026.

Gymnocephalus cernua · GBIF taxon key 5209574

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Ruffe has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Ruffe. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 233,315
Belgium 17,919
United States 5,012
Norway 1,745
Germany 1,332
Poland 444
Canada 372
Austria 322
Serbia 39
Croatia 27
United Kingdom 25
Slovenia 18
Ukraine 18
Luxembourg 16
Denmark 15
Bosnia & Herzegovina 14
Finland 11
France 10
Kosovo 10
Romania 9
Russia 9
Italy 8
Estonia 5
Switzerland 3
Belarus 2
Czechia 2
North Macedonia 2
Bulgaria 1
Lithuania 1
Latvia 1
Namibia 1
Netherlands 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.