NOTE XV. 



THE DACE. 

 (Leuciseus Vulgaris.) 



" The pretty slender Dare, of many call' A the Dace." 



Michael Deatton. 



" When I may see my quill or cork down sink 

 With eager bite of perch, or bleak, or Dace." — John Dbnnts. 



" The pretty slender dare " is the typical representative 

 of the genus Leucisci ; in fact lie is the " Leuciseus " or 

 "White fish;" and of course of the Carp family. As I 

 have already intimated in my Note on chub, the dace is 

 very like this fish; or rather, I should say, little dace 

 are like little chub. Indeed, it is very difficult to distin- 

 guish between the two of the size or rather weight, say, 

 of a quarter of a pound ; and young anglers, and some- 

 times old ones, are puzzled in attempting to name their 

 capture. I would therefore mention by the way that 

 the chief point of difference consists in the fact that the 

 anal fin of the chub is brilliantly pink, or, as some would 

 say, red, while that of the dace has no red or pink about 

 it at all. This at once decides the difficulty ; but a f urther 



