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Tench

Tinca tinca

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,841, February 5,053, March 7,916, April 12,454, May 17,957, June 19,581, July 20,953, August 18,019, September 13,229, October 9,875, November 5,396, December 4,217.
United States141,837
Alaska141,491
Canada1,171
Quebec1,115
Russia209
United Kingdom150
England144
Germany128
France109
Italy85

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTenchs · Tincidae
GenusTinca

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