Tench Facts: the DOCTOR FISH 🏥 Animal Fact Files

The tench is known as the doctor fish. Learn more tench facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Tinca tinca
Range: Europe and western Asia
Habitat: lakes and other still-water areas
Size: average 8 inches (20 cm) in length
Diet: snails, mussels, and other invertebrates, fish larvae, and more
Threats: perch, predatory birds, humans
Lifespan: 10+ years

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Tench DOCTOR FISH 0:00
Tench APPEARANCE 0:34
Tench HABITAT 1:11
Tench DIET 1:58
Tench PREDATORS 2:52
Tench SIZE 3:30
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Image and Video Credits:
Sylvain Montagner - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/30...
Tristan Jobin - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/21...
Shaun Lee - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/18...
michele manghi - https://vimeo.com/240354405
Etienne Gosse - https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_c...
Paul Scowen -    • Underwater tench reacting to rigs   ;    • Tench underwater feeding on pellets, hemp ...  
Robert Gibbons -    • Underwater tench fishing with Green Kiwi B...  
Andreas Liljegren -    • The pick up bait - Underwater tench fishin...   ;    • Tench fishing with Green Kiwi - Breamtime ...   ;    • Tench fishing using kriller boilies - Unde...  
CzechUnderwater -    • Lin obecny (Tinca tinca)  

Research Credits:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20494937
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10....
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2015
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/facts...
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/tench
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/great...
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildli...
https://fishbase.se/summary/Tinca-tinca

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