Fig 3From: Caviar, soup and other dishes made of Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernua (Linnaeus, 1758): forgotten foodstuff in central, north and west Europe and its possible revivalIllustrations of ruffe in Conrad Gessner’s Fischbuch 1563. These illustrations clearly show the spiny dorsal fin rays which catch in nets and can pierce the hands of fishermenBack to article page