Editing Common dace (section)

==Habitat and biology== 
The common dace is found in rivers and streams, sometime occurring in lakes or in the brackish water at the mouths of rivers.<ref name = Maitland/> It is a surface dwelling fish which gather in shoals of adults in the lower reaches of rivers and backwaters during the winter. Some adults remain upstream in the spawning grounds all winter as well. At [[Spawn (biology)|spawning]] time, in March and April, they migrate up stream to lay their pale yellow eggs on shallow gravel beds in fast flowing streams, the eggs attach to gravel and stones. The juveniles hide among the cavities and roots in the bankside vegetation and as they mature they move into faster flowing water. The main food for common dace is small invertebrates.<ref name = Fishbase/>