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SpeciesCypriniformesCyprinidae
Fish

🐟Tench

Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

The tench or doctor fish is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal. It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
7.5 kg
Body length
0.2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Tench

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Body mass
7.5 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.2 mrecord 0.7 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
2.84
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.84 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
7.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusTinca
  6. ›speciesTinca tinca
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderCypriniformes
  3. suborderCyprinoidei
  4. genusTinca
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCypriniphysae
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. suborderCyprinoidei
  12. genusTinca
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suter (nb), Schleie (de), suutari (fi), Tanche (fr), lín obecný (cs), zeelt (nl) … and 25 more languages
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