North American. Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes which resemble the true roach or are mistaken for it; esp. the fallfish (Semotilus corpo…

U.S. Either of two shiners (family Cyprinidae), small North American freshwater fishes: the common shiner, Luxilus (or Notropis) cornutus, and (more…

Scottish. The stone loach, Barbatula barbatula, which has six barbels around the mouth.

Applied to various small silvery fishes; the young of the mackerel; U.S. any of various small freshwater fishes, chiefly cyprinoids as the dace.

†(a) a marine fish (not identified) (obsolete rare); (b) any of several freshwater cyprinid fishes comprising the genus Ptychocheilus, native to the…

any of various Asian freshwater fishes of the genus Schizothorax and related genera (family Cyprinidae), found at high altitudes.