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Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tench
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Greece country information

Common names: Glini, Glínia, Μαυρόψαρο
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Prespa lakes (Ref. 75668). Naturally absent in western and southern Greece where it is now introduced (Ref. 59043).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Crivelli, A.J., G. Catsadorakis, M. Malakou and E. Rosecchi, 1997
National Database:

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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