Dace

---

title: "Dace" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fish-common-names", "former-disambiguation-pages-converted-to-set-index-articles"] topic_path: "general/fish-common-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dace" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::callout[type=note]

::

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 Leuciscidae, 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
• Lake Candidus dace, Candidia barbata
• 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 Chrosomus
• 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

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::