Tinca tinca

angolBody thickset, heavy, and laterally compressed, the caudal peduncle characteristically deep and short. Skin thickened, slimy; the scales small, embedded. Overall coloration olive-green, at times dark green or almost black, with golden reflections on ventral surface. Head triangular, eye orange-red, small; snout relatively long; interorbital broad; mouth terminal, small in size with thick lips and a pair of well-developed barbels, one at each corner of the mouth. Caudal fin with 19 rays (Ref. 2196). Diagnosed from other cyprinid species in Europe by the following characters: body golden greenish brown; one pair of barbel (maxillary); lateral line with 96-115 scales, small and deeply embedded; dorsal fin with 8-9½ branched rays; and anal fin with 6-9½ branched rays (Ref. 59043).

• Cyprinus tincaurea Shaw, 1804
• Cyprinus tinca auratus Bloch, 1782
• Tinca linnei Malm, 1877
• Tinca vulgaris cestellae Segre, 1904
• Cyprinus zeelt Lacepède, 1803
• Tinca italica Bonaparte, 1836
• Tinca vulgaris Fleming, 1828
• Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus, 1758
• Tinca vulgaris maculata Costa, 1838
• Cyprinus tincaauratus Bloch, 1782
• Tinca limosa Koch, 1840
• Tinca chrysitis Fitzinger, 1832
• Tinca aurea Gmelin, 1788
• Cyprinus tincauratus Bloch, 1792
• Tinca communis Swainson, 1839