tench

T0102200 (tĕnch)n. pl. tench or tench·es An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth.

[Middle English tenche, from Old French, from Late Latin tinca, probably of Celtic origin.]

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(tɛntʃ) n (Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Tinca tinca, having a thickset dark greenish body with a barbel at each side of the mouth[C14: from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca]

tench

(tɛntʃ)

n., pl. tench•es, (esp. collectively) tench. a Eurasian freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, that can survive short periods out of water. [1350–1400; Middle English tenche < Middle French, Old French < Late Latin tinca]

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Noun

tench - freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside waterTinca tincacyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scalesgenus Tinca, Tinca - tench

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a European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Tinca tinca, having a thickset dark greenish body with a barbel at each side of the mouth

Tench

(Tinca tinca), a fish of the family Cyprinidae. The thick, deep body is covered with a thick layer of slime and small scales. The back is dark green, and the eyes olive with a golden hue. Length, approximately 30 cm (sometimes 60 cm); weight, about 500 g (sometimes 7.5 kg). Small barbels are at the corners of the mouth. Tench inhabit the fresh waters of Europe except for the river basins that flow into the Arctic Ocean. They live in the rivers and lakes of the European USSR and in the basins of the Ob’ and Enisei rivers. Slightly mobile bottom fish, they prefer standing and overgrown rivers and lakes. Because these fish can tolerate low oxygen content, they are found in bodies of water that temporarily lack oxygen. Sexual maturity is reached at three or four years of age, when the body measures more than 20 cm long. The fecundity is 300,000 to 400,000 eggs. Spawning occurs intermittently over an extensive period. Tench feed on small invertebrates and, less commonly, on aquatic plants. They are of little commercial importance. Tench are bred artificially to produce a golden variety, similar to the goldfish that is produced by breeding the silver carp.

REFERENCES

Nikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.
Zhizn’zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 1. Moscow, 1971.

A. A. SVETOVIDOVA

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noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

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