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title: "Longnose Dace"
description: "Rhinichthys cataractae — Ryby. The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is a freshwater minnow native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/longnose-dace
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Longnose Dace

> Rhinichthys cataractae — Ryby. The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is a freshwater minnow native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Rhinichthys cataractae*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3318
- Wikidata: [Q2178257](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2178257)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111654](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111654)

## Names

- en: Longnose Dace
- de: Langnasen-Weißfisch
- es: Carpita rinconera
- fr: Naseux des rapides

## Countries with the most observations

US (2138), CA (996)

## Summary

The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is a freshwater minnow native to North America.  Rhinicthys means snout fish (reference to the long snout) and cataractae means of the cataract (first taken from Niagara Falls). Longnose dace are small, typically less than 100 mm and characterized by their fleshy snout that protrudes past the mouth. They are well adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among stones. Longnose dace eat algae and aquatic insects and are important forage minnows for larger predatory fish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longnose_dace

## Photo

![Longnose Dace](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/longnose-dace/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mallory F · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143330741

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/longnose-dace?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).