Specimen Information

Tinca tinca
Tinca tinca
(Tench)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID28810
GroupFishes
GenusTinca
Speciestinca
Common NameTench
StateCA
LocalityTrinity River
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameTrinity
HUC8 Number18010211
Map
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Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statuseradicated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:217
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:1976
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press Berkeley, CA.
Pages:405 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:232
Author:Kimsey, J.B., and L.O. Fisk.
Date:1964
Title:Freshwater Nongame Fishes of California.
Publisher:California Department of Fish and Game.
Pages:54 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:13709
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press
Pages:502 pp.
CommentsSupposedly they were successfully introduced (as of 1964), but there are no recent records. Moyle (2002) says a population introduced to a pond in Humboldt Co., near the Trinity River in the `950's was eradicated in 1976.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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