Dace
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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 mean:
- 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
- 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
In the United Kingdom, the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax may be called "sea dace".
See also spinedace, spikedace, and vendace.
Several US Navy submarines have been named USS Dace after the fish.