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Common Dace - Leuciscus leuciscus

Common Dace - Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758) [more of this species]

 

A riverine species most similar to a small chub. The main difference is the shape of the anal fins. In the dace they convex shaped where as in chub they are concave. Dace also have a smaller mouth and the scales are dark at the base, where as chub scales have pigmentation only on the edges and not the base.

 

One of my biggest dace (August 2009)

 

Date: August 5, 2009

Location: Hampton Court [more at this location]

Country: United Kingdom

 

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Uploaded on May 7, 2010
Taken on August 5, 2009