Tench (Tinca tinca)
General data
- Main name: Tench
- Climates: Subtropical, Temperate, Continental
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Europe, Asia
- Introduced: North America, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Danube, Caspian Sea, Volga, Struma (Strymonas), Vardar (Axios), Nestos, View all... Lake Vrana, Don, Rhine, Glomma, Meuse (Maas), Dnieper, Lake Balkhash, Charente, Lake Baikal, River Ob, Issyk-Kul lake, Loire, River Thames, Daugava (Western Dvina), Seine, Garonne, Adige, Guadiana, Tagus, Neman (Nemunas), Guadalquivir, Lielupe, Trent, Great Ouse, River Clyde, River Nene, Weser, River Witham, River Tees, Lake Washington, Kokemaenjoki, St. Lawrence River, Columbia River, Neretva
Classification
- Genus: Tinca - Tenches
- Family: Tincidae - Tench
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes