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Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common dace
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Dace, Elets obyknovennyi, елец
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in rivers running into the Baltic Sea, lakes Ladoga and Onega, the European region of the basin of the Arctic Ocean from the Varzuga and Kem to the Pechora, rivers of the Black Sea basin from the Dnieper to Mius, the Volgaand Ural rivers, and in the Asian region of the Arctic Ocean from the Ob to Kolyma (Ref. 26334). EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Leuciscus: Greek, leykiskos = white mullet (Ref. 45335);  leuciscus: Name from Greek 'leucos' meaning bright, shining white..
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - ? m.   Temperate; 4°C - 22°C (Ref. 41616); 72°N - 41°N, 10°W - 155°E

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