Author: (Cope, 1867)
FBname: Finescale dace
Comments: Occurs in lakes, ponds and sluggish pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers, usually over silt and near vegetation (Ref. 86798).  Probably feeds on insects, crustaceans, and plankton (Ref. 1998).  Spawning probably occurs in the spring (Ref. 1998).  Commonly hybridizes with <i>Chrosomus eos</i>.  The hybrids are always females and in some areas are more common than the parental species.  Hybrids breed with males of the parental species and consequently can outnumber and even replace one of the parent species (Ref. 86798).