Dace n.  Zool. A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly 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.
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  Leuciscus leuciscus
       n : small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green
           body [syn: dace]