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Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tench
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Italy country information

Common names: Tinca, Tinca
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Italian peninsula and islands (Ref. 94493), and recorded from Ombrogne, Albegna and Fiora (Ref. 45688). The species has been stocked yearly. Naturalized during the 17th century (Ref. 45688). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Also Ref. 683, 124672.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianco, P.G., 2014
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Tanche, Tenca, 丁鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Tincidae (Tenches)
Etymology: Tinca: Latin, timica; realted to a predatory fish = timi, but the etymology of tench does not conform with this meaning (Ref. 45335);  tinca: tinca which is the latin name for tench (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 26368).   Temperate; 4°C - 24°C (Ref. 13614); 64°N - 36°N, 10°W - 104°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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