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 Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows. Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnow ...

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Leuciscinae Leuciscinae is a subfamily of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae, which includes the fishes known as daces, chubs, shiners and minnows. The fishes in this subfamily are mainly found i ...

. 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 ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. Th ...

'' * 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

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