redbelly dace

redbelly dace
noun or red-bellied dace
: either of two small No. American cyprinid fishes (Phoxinus eos and P. erythrogaster) that are widely but irregularly distributed from the Hudson Bay drainage to New Brunswick and southward and westward to New Mexico, are dusky greenish black above with a creamy or pale yellow stripe along each side bounded by narrower black stripes, the belly deep red and the fins golden more-or-less marked with black and red, and esteemed in Europe as aquarium fishes

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/red"bel'ee/, Ichthyol.
any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, esp. Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace).
[1945-50, Amer.; RED1 + BELLY]

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  • redbelly dace — ☆ redbelly dace [red′bel΄ē ] n. either of two E North American, brightly colored, freshwater dace fishes (genus Phoxinus) …   English World dictionary

  • redbelly dace — /red bel ee/, Ichthyol. any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, esp. Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace). [1945 50, Amer.; RED1 + BELLY] * * * …   Universalium

  • redbelly dace — noun Date: 1948 either of two small brightly marked North American cyprinid fishes (Phoxinus eos and P. erythrogaster) called also red bel•lied dace …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Northern redbelly dace — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata …   Wikipedia

  • Southern redbelly dace — Adult breeding coloration Adult non …   Wikipedia

  • northern redbelly dace. — See under redbelly dace. * * * …   Universalium

  • southern redbelly dace. — See under redbelly dace. * * * …   Universalium

  • northern redbelly dace — šiaurinis raudonpilvis strepetys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chrosomus eos angl. northern redbelly dace rus. солнечный хросомус ryšiai: platesnis terminas – raudonpilviai strepečiai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • southern redbelly dace — pietinis raudonpilvis strepetys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chrosomus erythrogaster angl. southern redbelly dace rus. южный хросомус ryšiai: platesnis terminas – raudonpilviai strepečiai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • mountain redbelly dace — kalninis raudonpilvis strepetys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Chrosomus oreas angl. mountain redbelly dace rus. горный хросомус ryšiai: platesnis terminas – raudonpilviai strepečiai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

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