Dace
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see minnow.
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Minnow - common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp and of which there are some 300 American species.
Dace
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: ...
Pearl Dace Behaviour
No observations regarding Pearl Dace behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Pearl Dace ...
Rosyside dace
Clinostomus funduloides
Species Information
Exhibit Name and Location
Maryland: Mountains to the Sea, Allegheny Stream - Main Aquarium, Level 2 ...
Redside dace
Class: Actinopterygii
Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Endangered
Reticulate gila monster ...
Mountain blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
Colorado pikemeadow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
Little Colorado spinedace (Lepidomeda vittata)
Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) ...
And many fish live in Rock Creek, including blue-gilled sunfish, red-nosed dace, and blueback herring. “Rock Creek Park recently took down seven barriers to herring and other migratory fish,' says Gough.
A small stickleback kept in an aquarium devoured, in five hours' time, 74 newly-hatched dace, which were about a quarter of an inch long. Two days after it swallowed 62 and would probably have eaten as many every day could they have been procured.
Young brown trout feed on aquatic insects and other invertebrates. As browns exceed a foot in length, they seek chubs, dace and other small fish.
Members of the Cyprinidae family include fish with common names such as minnow, shiner, chub, dace, and stoneroller. Goldfish and carp, both native to Asia, are also members of this family.
Leuciscus cephalus (Chub)
Leuciscus idus (Ide)
Leuciscus leuciscus (Common dace)
Phoxinus phoxinus (Eurasian Minnow)
Rutilus rutilus (Roach)
Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Rudd)
Tinca tinca (Tench) ...
 See also: Minnow, Chub, Carp, Flathead, Northern Pike
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