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A dace is any of a number of species of small cyprinid fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) but it may also be used to refer to:
  • spikedace, Meda fulgida
  • spinedace, a genus of
  • vendace
  • USS Dace, a US Navy submarines named after the fish
  • A "sea dace", a reference to the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (United Kingdom)
  • Fallfish, Semotilus corporalis (Canada)
  • Chinese mud carp, Cirrhinus chinensis (Hong Kong)
"Dace" also appears in combination to designate a variety of species:
  • Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus
  • Blackside dace Phoxinus cumberlandensis
  • Columbia River dace Ptychocheilus oregonensis
  • Danilevskii's dace Leuciscus danilewskii
  • Desert dace Eremichthys acros
  • Eurasian dace Leuciscus leuciscus
  • Finescale dace Phoxinus neogaeus
  • Horned dace Semotilus atromaculatus
  • Korean splendid dace Coreoleuciscus splendidus
  • Issyk-Kul dace Leuciscus bergi
  • Lake Candidus dace Candidia barbatus
  • Las Vegas dace Rhinichthys deaconi
  • Leopard dace Rhinichthys falcatus
  • Longfin dace Rhinichthys chrysogaster
  • Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae
  • Mexican dace Evarra bustamantei/eigenmanni/tlahuacensis
  • Moapa dace Moapa coriacea
  • Mountain blackside dace Phoxinus cumberlandensis
  • Mountain redbelly dace Phoxinus oreas
  • Nachtrieb dace Margariscus margarita
  • Northern dace Margariscus margarita
  • Northern pearl dace Margariscus margarita
  • Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos
  • Northwest dace Mylocheilus caurinus
  • Pearl dace Margariscus margarita
  • Redbelly dace Phoxinus eos
  • Relict dace Relictus solitarius
  • Rosyside dace Clinostomus funduloides
  • Saskatchewan dace Platygobio gracilis
  • Schmidt's dace Leuciscus schmidti
  • Shining dace Semotilus corporalis
  • Siberian dace Leuciscus baicalensis
  • Southern redbelly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster
  • Speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus
  • Syr-Darya dace Leuciscus squaliusculus
  • Tennessee dace Phoxinus tennesseensis
  • Umatilla dace Rhinichthys umatilla
  • Umpqua dace Rhinichthys evermanni
  • Zeravshan dace Leuciscus lehmanni

See also

Cyprinidae

Genera

(many, see text)

The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word Kypris, another name for Aphrodite, consists of the carps and some of the fish known as minnows.
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L. leuciscus

Binomial name
Leuciscus leuciscus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Common Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus
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Meda fulgida
Girard, 1856

The Spikedace (Meda fulgida) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. They usually live in fast moving streams.
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Lepidomeda
Cope, 1874

Species

3 iving, 1 recently extinct; see text

Lepidomeda, commonly known as the spinedaces, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in western North America.
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Vendace can refer to either of two fish in the genus Coregonus:
  • Coregonus albula
  • Coregonus vandesius
Vendace can also refer to:
  • USS Vendace (SS-430), a Tench-class submarine

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Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Dace, for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family.
  • The first USS Dace (SS-247), a Gato-class submarine, saw action during World War II.

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Dicentrarchus labrax
Linnaeus, 1758

For other fish called "seabass", see Sea bass.


The European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, also known as Morone labrax
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S. corporalis

Binomial name
Semotilus corporalis
Mitchell, 1817

The Fallfish, Semotilus corporalis, is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.
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P. oregonensis

Binomial name
Ptychocheilus oregonensis
Richardson, 1836

The northern squawfish, pikeminnow, or Columbia River dace, Ptychocheilus oregonensis
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Eremichthys

Species: E. acros

Binomial name
Eremichthys acros
Hubbs and Miller, 1948

The desert dace Eremichthys acros
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C. splendidus

Binomial name
Coreoleuciscus splendidus
(Mori, 1935)

Coreoleuciscus splendidus, also known as the Swiri or Korean splendid dace
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Rhinichthys deaconi
Miller, 1984

The Las Vegas Dace (Rhinichthys deaconi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in the United States.
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R. cataractae

Binomial name
Rhinichthys cataractae
(Valenciennes, 1842)

The longnose dace is found in muddy and warm, clear and cold, streams and lakes.
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Evarra tlahuacensis
Meek, 1902

The Mexican Dace (Evarra tlahuacensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in Mexico.
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Moapa

Species: M. coriacea

Binomial name
Moapa coriacea
Hubbs and Miller, 1948

The moapa dace, Moapa coriacea
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Phoxinus cumberlandensis
Starnes & Starnes, 1978

The Mountain Blackside Dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in the United States.
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P. eos

Binomial name
Phoxinus eos

The northern redbelly dace, Phoxinus eos, is a freshwater cyprinid fish, generally found in lakes and small streams in the northeastern United States and
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A dace is any of a number of species of small cyprinid fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) but it may also be used to refer to:
  • spikedace, Meda fulgida
  • spinedace, a genus of
  • vendace

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Relictus solitarius
Hubbs & Miller, 1972

The Relict Dace (Relictus solitarius) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in the United States.
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P. erythrogaster

Binomial name
Phoxinus erythrogaster
(Rafinesque, 1820)

The Southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster
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R. osculus

Binomial name
Rhinichthys osculus
(Girard, 1856)

The speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus), also known as the spotted dace and the carpita pinta
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Phoxinus tennesseensis
Starnes & Jenkins, 1988

The Tennessee Dace (Phoxinus tennesseensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in the United States.
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Minnow may be
  • a small frog
  • a type of small fish. In decreasing order of specificity:
  • the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus

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