Both sexes develop breeding tubercles, although those of the female are smaller and fewer in number. At the time of actual spawning, the eggs are deposited among the gravel on the bottom of the nest. Where dace occur in waters inhabited by trout, they compete for food. Distribution of redside dace in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of redside dace were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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