Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) – Native ( Fig. 179)

Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 321; Type locality: European lakes. No types known.

Cyprinus tinca auratus Bloch [M. E.] 1782: 90.

Cyprinus tincaauratus Bloch [M. E.] 1782: 90; Type locality: Pond in Schönhausen castle, Germany [introduced from Schlesien [now Poland]]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3312 .

Cyprinus zeelt Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803: 493, 550; Type locality: No locality. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Cyprinus tincaurea Shaw [G.] 1804: 217; Unneeded new name for Cyprinus tincaauratus Bloch 1782 .

Tinca vulgaris Fleming [J.] 1828: 186; Type locality: Lakes and rivers of England. No types known.

Tinca chrysitis Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] (ex Agassiz) 1832: 337; Type locality: Apparently an unneeded new name for Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus 1758 .

Tinca italica Bonaparte [C. L.] 1836: fasc. 18, punt. 93; Type locality: Italy. Syntypes:ANSP 6119–22 (4).

Leuciscus (Tinca) communis Swainson [W.] 1839: 285.

Tinca limosa Koch [C. L.] 1840: 40; Unneeded new name for Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus 1758 .

Tinca vulgaris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1842: 322; Type locality: Paris, Tegel, Berlin, Lakes Zug, Geneva, Como, Trasimene. Perugia, Naples Rome, Florence, Sicily, Italy.

Tinca linnei Malm [A. W.] 1877: 564; Original as Linnéi. Tentatively regarded as an unneeded replacement name for Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus 1758 (to avoid “Strickland tautonomy”); Type locality: Sweden.

Tinca vulgaris var. cestellae Segre [R.] 1904: 2; Type locality: Lake Castella, Padola, Cadore, Alpi Venete, Italy. Syntypes: MZUT 1448 (38).

Common name: Pr: Lay mahi, Til khes, Til khos, En: Tench.

Diagnosis: Body thickset, heavy, and laterally compressed, caudal peduncle deep and short, scales small and embedded, overall coloration olive-green, at times dark green or almost black and terminal mouth.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV 6–9 (8), A: III–IV 5–9 (6–7), P: 13–18, V: 7–10, GR: 11–15, LL: 70–120, TV: 37–40.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 180). Found in Sefidrud, Jouybar and Tajan rivers as well as Anzali and Karfoon Wetlands (near Bahnamir county) wetlands.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Tinca .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Freyhof and Kottelat 2008ao).