Specimen Information

Tinca tinca
Tinca tinca
(Tench)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID45896
GroupFishes
GenusTinca
Speciestinca
Common NameTench
StateWA
CountyKing
LocalityDumheller Fountain on the University of Washington campus
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Washington
HUC8 Number17110012
HUC10 NameLower Sammamish River
HUC10 Number1711001204
HUC12 NameLake Washington-Sammamish River
HUC12 Number171100120400
Map
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Collection Year1909
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:213
Author:Wydoski, R.S., and R.R. Whitney.
Date:1979
Title:Inland Fishes of Washington.
Publisher:University of Washington Press Seattle, WA.
Pages:220 pp
CommentsTench exhibited in Seattle at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition were later dumped into this pond. From this source some were transferred to Lake Washington.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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