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 The common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus'') is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae which is native to Europe but which has been introduced to other parts of the world. It is a quarry species for co ...

(''Leuciscus leuciscus''). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...

, mostly in subfamily

Leuciscinae Leuciscinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnows. As the name suggests, most members of the O ...

. Daces in the Cyprinidae: * Common dace, '' Leuciscus leuciscus'' * Chinese mud carp, ''

Cirrhinus chinensis ''Cirrhinus molitorella'' (mud carp or dace) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Cirrhinus'' found mainly in southern China and Vietnam. History The mud carp is a native Asian freshwater fish with a broad distribution from the Meko ...

'' (called "dace" in Hong Kong) or

mud carp ''Cirrhinus molitorella'' (mud carp or dace) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Cirrhinus'' found mainly in southern China and Vietnam. History The mud carp is a native Asian freshwater fish with a broad distribution from the Mekong ...

(''Cirrhinus molitorella'') * Columbia River dace, ''

Ptychocheilus oregonensis The Northern pikeminnow, Columbia River dace or formerly Squawfish (''Ptychocheilus oregonensis'') is a large member of the minnow family, Leuciscidae. This predatory freshwater fish is native to northwestern North America, ranging from the Nass ...

'' (a pikeminnow) * Desert dace, '' Eremichthys acros'' (a monotypic genus) * European daces, genus ''

Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespread from Europe to Siberia. Species broadly distributed in Europe include the common dace ''Le ...

'' * Fallfish, '' Semotilus corporalis'' (a creek chub called "dace" in Canada) * Horned dace, ''

Semotilus atromaculatus ''Semotilus atromaculatus'', known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada. Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be ...

'' (a creek chub) * Japanese dace '' Tribolodon hakonensis'', genus '' Tribolodon'' * Korean splendid dace, ''

Coreoleuciscus splendidus ''Coreoleuciscus splendidus'', also known as the swiri or Korean splendid dace, is a species of fish from the cyprinid family endemic to rivers of the Korean peninsula. It was first scientifically described by Tamezo Mori in 1935, who noted in 1 ...

'' (a monotypic genus) * Lake Candidus dace, ''

Candidia barbata ''Candidia barbata'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Candidia''. It is endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northweste ...

'' * Mexican daces, genus

† A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ...

Evarra ''Evarra'' was a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct due to habitat loss (their habitat dried out with remaining waters in the reg ...

'' * Moapa dace, '' Moapa coriacea'' (a monotypic genus) * Northwest dace, ''

Mylocheilus caurinus ''Mylocheilus caurinus'', the peamouth, peamouth chub, redmouth sucker or northwestern dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows, that is found in western North America. It is the only sp ...

'' (a peamouth) * Allegheny pearl dace, '' Margariscus margarita'' * Northern pearl dace, '' Margariscus nachtriebi'' * Ponto-Caspian daces, genus ''

Petroleuciscus ''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was usually included in '' Leuciscus'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that ''Petrol ...

'' * Redbelly daces, genus '' Chrosomus'' * Redside daces, genus ''

Clinostomus ''Clinostomus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occur in eastern North America. There are two species in this genus. Species * '' Clinostomus elongatus'' ( Kirtland, 1840) (Redside dace) * ''Clinostomus funduloides The rosyside dace (''Clinos ...

'', 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 The European bass (''Dicentrarchus labrax'') is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the s ...

(''Dicentrarchus labrax'') of the Moronidae

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