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Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
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Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus) specimen
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Cyprinidae

Redside dace

Clinostomus elongatus

Red and yellow lateral stripes

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

Redside dace is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
North America: Hudson and upper Susquehanna River drainages in New York and Pennsylvania, USA; Great Lakes (except Lake Superior) and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and south Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south to West Virginia and Kentucky in USA.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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