Speckled Dace
Rhinichthys osculus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 907
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus), also known as the spotted dace and the carpita pinta, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is found in temperate freshwater in North America, from Sonora, Mexico, to British Columbia, Canada. Speckled dace have a variety of unofficial names. Some of these include western dace, pacific dace, spring dace, and dusky dace. Dace is derived from the Middle English word that means dart.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Speckled dace”.