dace

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dace
    n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green
         body [syn: {dace}, {Leuciscus leuciscus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zool.)
   A small European fresh-water fish ({Leuciscus vulgaris}); --
   called also {dobule}, and {dace}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard
   dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr.
   an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zool.)
   A small European cyprinoid fish ({Leuciscus leuciscus},
   formerly {Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); --
   called also {dare}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

   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}.
         [1913 Webster]