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Tench
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Tench (disambiguation).
This article is about the fish sometimes used as a substitute for carp in recipes. For the freshwater fish used for treating skin diseases, see Doctor fish.
The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.[3] It is also found in Lake Baikal.[4] It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers.[5][6]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
Family: | Tincidae Jordan, 1878 |
Genus: | Tinca Garsault, 1764[2] |
Species: | T. tinca |
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Tinca tinca | |
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