Cyprinidae

Blackside Dace

Chrosomus cumberlandensis

Seven Point Six Centimeters Carp from North American Waters

• Black
• Temperate
• Upper river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Small
• Temperate fish

The blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is endemic to the Cumberland River drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee as well as the Powell River drainage in Virginia in the United States. It is a federally listed threatened species.