# Dace

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'''Dace''' is a common name encompassing many unrelated [taxa](/source/taxa) of [pelagic](/source/Pelagic_fish) [ray-finned fishes](/source/Actinopterygii), placed in varying [genera](/source/Genus) and [families](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). The synonymous name usually denotes members of the family [Leuciscidae](/source/Leuciscidae) (esp. the [common dace](/source/common_dace) (''Leuciscus leuciscus'')).

Most members known as '''daces''', fall in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Cypriniformes](/source/Cypriniformes) (notably the [suborder](/source/suborder) [Cyprinoidei](/source/Cyprinoidei)), with one unrelated [species](/source/species) in the order [Acanthuriformes](/source/Acanthuriformes):

Order [Cypriniformes](/source/Cypriniformes):
* Common dace, ''[Leuciscus leuciscus](/source/Leuciscus_leuciscus)''
* Chinese mud carp, ''[Cirrhinus chinensis](/source/Cirrhinus_chinensis)'' (called "dace" in Hong Kong) or [mud carp](/source/mud_carp) (''Cirrhinus molitorella'')
* Columbia River dace, ''[Ptychocheilus oregonensis](/source/Ptychocheilus_oregonensis)'' (a pikeminnow)
* Desert dace, ''[Eremichthys acros](/source/Eremichthys_acros)'' (a monotypic genus)
* European daces, genus ''[Leuciscus](/source/Leuciscus)''
* Fallfish, ''[Semotilus corporalis](/source/Semotilus_corporalis)'' (a creek chub called "dace" in Canada)
* Horned dace, ''[Semotilus atromaculatus](/source/Semotilus_atromaculatus)'' (a creek chub)
* Japanese dace ''[Tribolodon hakonensis](/source/Tribolodon_hakonensis)'', genus ''[Tribolodon](/source/Tribolodon)''
* Korean splendid dace, ''[Coreoleuciscus splendidus](/source/Coreoleuciscus_splendidus)'' 
* Lake Candidus dace, ''[Candidia barbata](/source/Candidia_barbata)'' 
* Mexican daces, genus [†](/source/extinct)''[Evarra](/source/Evarra)''
* Moapa dace, ''[Moapa coriacea](/source/Moapa_coriacea)'' (a monotypic genus)
* Northwest dace, ''[Mylocheilus caurinus](/source/Mylocheilus_caurinus)'' (a peamouth)
* Allegheny pearl dace, ''[Margariscus margarita](/source/Margariscus_margarita)''
* Northern pearl dace, ''[Margariscus nachtriebi](/source/Margariscus_nachtriebi)''
* Ponto-Caspian daces, genus ''[Petroleuciscus](/source/Petroleuciscus)''
* Redbelly daces, genus ''[Chrosomus](/source/Chrosomus)''
* Redside daces, genus ''[Clinostomus](/source/Clinostomus)'', e.g.<!-- Example species are placeholders for genera that do not have own articles yet. Do not add species in this article when the genus article exists. -->
** [Redside dace](/source/Redside_dace) ''Clinostomus elongatus''
** Rosyside dace ''[Clinostomus funduloides](/source/Clinostomus_funduloides)''
* Relict dace, ''[Relictus solitarius](/source/Relictus_solitarius)'' (a monotypic genus)
* Riffle daces, genus ''[Rhinichthys](/source/Rhinichthys)'' (including ''Tiaroga'')
* Saskatchewan dace, ''[Platygobio gracilis](/source/Platygobio_gracilis)'' (a [flathead chub](/source/flathead_chub))
* Shining dace, ''[Semotilus corporalis](/source/Semotilus_corporalis)'' (a creek chub)
* Spikedace, ''[Meda fulgida](/source/Meda_fulgida)'' (a monotypic genus)
* Spinedaces, genus ''[Lepidomeda](/source/Lepidomeda)''

Order [Acanthuriformes](/source/Acanthuriformes):
* [European seabass](/source/European_seabass) (''Dicentrarchus labrax'')

==See also==
* [Vendace (disambiguation)](/source/Vendace_(disambiguation))
* [Chub (disambiguation)](/source/Chub_(disambiguation))
* [Minnow](/source/Minnow)
* [Roach (fish)](/source/Common_Roach)
* [Shiner (fish)](/source/Shiner_(fish))

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