Definitions for: Dace

[n] small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

Webster (1913) Definition: Dace, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase,
dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an
OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or
Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes
of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The
black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned
dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see
Redfin.

Synonyms: Leuciscus leuciscus

See Also: cyprinid, cyprinid fish, genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus

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