Species Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [321].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Europe.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread with a patchy distribution in the Murray-Darling system (middle and upper reaches of its southern tributaries), throughout southwestern and inland NSW, various waterways in VIC, including streams in the Portland and Grampians regions, and also in eastern, central and northern TAS (highest distribution in the Derwent river basin), north and south of the Great Dividing Range in VIC and in East Gippsland; temperate; native to Europe, but introduced worldwide; original introduction in Tasmania in the 1850s and 1870s, to Melbourne in 1860s and to a number of waterways in VIC, including the River Murray in 1876. Tench were also released into Western Australia (near Albany, York and Perth) in the 1890s, but the population was not sustained.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, omnivore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Cyprinidae. pp. 345-347 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [347]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [362]

Arthington, A. & McKenzie, F. 1997. Review of Impacts of Displaced/Introduced Fauna Associated with Inland Waters. State of the Environment Technical Paper Series (Inland Waters). Department of the Environment : Canberra. 69 pp. [12]

Brumley, A.R. 1991. Cyprinids in Australia. pp. 265-283 in Winfield, I.J. & Nelson, J.S. (eds). Cyprinid Fishes: Systematics, Biology and Exploitation. London : Chapman and Hall pp.

Brumley, A.R. 1996. Family Cyprinidae carps, minnows, etc. pp. 99-106 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [104]

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [166]

Clements, J. 1988. Salmon at the Antipodes: A history and review of the trout, salmon and char and introduced coarse fish in Australasia. Ballarat : John Clements pp.

Coy, N.J. 1979. Freshwater fishing in south-western Australia. Perth Western Australia. : Jabiru Books.

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [793]

Hammer, M.P. & Walker, K.F. 2004. A catalogue of South Australian freshwater fishes, including new records, range extensions and translocations. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 128(2): 85-97 [91]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [54]

McKay, R.J. 1984. Introductions of exotic fishes in Australia. pp. 177-199 in Courtnay, W.R. Jr & Staffer, J.R. Jr (eds). Distribution, Biology and Management of Exotic Fishes. Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press. [181]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [236]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [217]

Rowe, D.K., Moore, A., Giorgetti, A., Maclean, C., Grace, P., Wadhwa, S., & Cooke, J. 2008. Review of the impacts of gambusia, redfin perch, tench, roach, yellowfin goby and streaked goby in Australia. Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. pp. 241 [18]

Smith, B.B. & Hammer, M. 2006. Mapping the current distribution of native and exotic fishes within the South Australian Murray Darling Basin. Final Report to PIRSA Rural Solutions (Animal and Plant Control Board). Primary Industries and Resources South Australia, SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Adelaide. 60 pp. pp. 60

Weatherley, A.J. & Lake, J.S. 1967. Introduced fish species in Australian waters. pp. in Weatherley, A.H. (ed.). Australian Inland Waters and their Fauna: Eleven Studies. Canberra : A.N.U. Press.

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (294)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [79]

 

Common Name References

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [166] (Doctor Fish)

Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [169] (Tench)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [336] (Tench)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tench)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-May-2013		07-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)