Common dace

Common dace
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Leuciscus
Species:	L. leuciscus
Binomial name
Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Cyprinus leuciscus Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinus dobula Linnaeus, 1758 Leuciscus dobula (Linnaeus, 1758) Cyprinus grislagine Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinus graining Walbaum, 1792 Cyprinus squalus Walbaum, 1792 Cyprinus umbra Walbaum, 1792 Cyprinus lancastriensis Shaw, 1804 Cyprinus simus Römer-Büchner, 1827 Leuciscus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Leuciscus argenteus Fitzinger, 1832 Leuciscus rostratus Agassiz, 1835 Leuciscus rodens Agassiz, 1835 Leuciscus majalis Agassiz, 1835 Cyprinus mugilis Vallot, 1837 Leuciscus rostratus Valenciennes, 1844 Leuciscus saltator Bonaparte, 1846 Squalius lepusculus Heckel, 1852 Squalius chalybeius Heckel, 1852 Cyprinus salax Gronow, 1854 Squalius mehdem Warpachowski, 1897 Idus stagnalis Dubalen, 1913

The common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae which is native to Europe but which has been introduced to other parts of the world. It is a quarry species for coarse anglers.