Cyprinidae

pearl dace

Margariscus margarita

Dark green back silvery body

• Temperate
• Upper river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The Allegheny Pearl Dace (Margariscus margarita) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the class Teleostei. It belongs to the order Cypriniformes, family Leuciscidae and subfamily Plagopterinae. It is a demersal freshwater fish with a dark green back and silvery body.