''Leuciscus burdigalensis'', the beaked dace, is a

cyprinid 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 ...

freshwater fish from central and southern

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. It is recorded both from Atlantic and Mediterranean drainages – from

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, and from Tech to

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, respectively. Dace recorded in the '' Herault'' may also be ''L. burdigalensis''.

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Leuciscus Cyprinid fish of Europe Fish described in 1844 Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Leuciscinae-stub

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