Pearl Dace
Margariscus margarita · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April and May
- Largest length
- up to 16 cm (6 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 4 years
- Matures at
- about 2 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
95 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 12 of 17 lakes
- Hay Meadow FlowageForest County241 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 2005 (2 records)recorded
- Willow SpringsPrice County3.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1980 (2 records)recorded
- Pleasant LakeShawano County24 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1977 (2 records)Moderaterecorded
- Trout LakeVilas County3,816 acres · 117 ft deeprecorded 1954 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Gordon LakeAshland County142 acres · 28 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Antigo Lake (Kellog Pond)Langlade County32 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Pike LakeMarathon County205 acres · 34 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Range Line LakeForest County82 acres · 11 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Boulder LakeVilas County524 acres · 23 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Dates MillpondMarquette County96 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)recorded
- Fairwater PondFond du Lac County8.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Mason LakeAdams County855 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Metonga LakeForest County2,157 acres · 79 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Ottertail SpringsPrice County3.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)recorded
- Riley LakeForest County213 acres · 20 ft deeprecorded 1925 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Ripon Pond (Gothic)Fond du Lac County24 acres · 8 ft deeprecorded 1925 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Wabikon LakeForest County594 acres · 15 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded