Dace

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This article is about the small fish. For the U.S. navy submarines named after (unspecified) daces, see USS Dace.
For the Latvian feminine given name, see Dace (name).

A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae.

Daces in the Cyprinidae:

  • Common dace, Leuciscus leuciscus
  • Chinese mud carp, Cirrhinus chinensis (called "dace" in Hong Kong) or mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella)
  • Columbia River dace, Ptychocheilus oregonensis (a pikeminnow)
  • Desert dace, Eremichthys acros (a monotypic genus)
  • European daces, genus Leuciscus
  • Fallfish, Semotilus corporalis (a creek chub called "dace" in Canada)
  • Horned dace, Semotilus atromaculatus (a creek chub)
  • Japanese dace Tribolodon hakonensis, genus Tribolodon
  • Korean splendid dace, Coreoleuciscus splendidus (a monotypic genus)
  • Lake Candidus dace, (a monotypic genus)
  • Mexican daces, genus Evarra
  • Moapa dace, Moapa coriacea (a monotypic genus)
  • Northwest dace, Mylocheilus caurinus (a peamouth)
  • Allegheny pearl dace, Margariscus margarita
  • Northern pearl dace, Margariscus nachtriebi
  • Ponto-Caspian daces, genus Petroleuciscus
  • Redbelly daces, genus Phoxinus
  • Redside daces, genus Clinostomus, e.g.
    • Redside dace Clinostomus elongatus
    • Rosyside dace Clinostomus funduloides
  • Relict dace, Relictus solitarius (a monotypic genus)
  • Riffle daces, genus Rhinichthys (including Tiaroga)
  • Saskatchewan dace, Platygobio gracilis (a flathead chub)
  • Shining dace, Semotilus corporalis (a creek chub)
  • Spikedace, Meda fulgida (a monotypic genus)
  • Spinedaces, genus Lepidomeda

Daces not in Cyprinidae

  • Sea dace, the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) of the Moronidae

Popular Culture[]

Dace are referenced in chapter three of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees."

The dace fish has also made an appearance in the Animal Crossing franchise, as well as .

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