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Tench

Tinca tinca

Also known as: Doctorfish, Eurasian Tench, European Tench, Green Tench

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
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@bellchu · Montreal, Canada · August 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found either buried in mud, or over mud and weedy areas, in shallow, densely vegetated backwaters, of lakes and pools.
Widespread Eurasia, North America

Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
buries in sand

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found either buried in mud, or over mud and weedy areas, in shallow, densely vegetated backwaters, of lakes and pools.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCypriniformes
    5. familyTincidae
    6. genusTinca
    7. speciesTinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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