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title: "Lin"
description: "Tinca tinca — Ryby. The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tench
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lin

> Tinca tinca — Ryby. The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.

- Scientific name: *Tinca tinca*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 2295
- Wikidata: [Q76280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76280)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114177](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114177)

## Names

- en: Tench
- de: Schleie
- es: Tenca
- fr: Tanche
- it: Tinche
- nl: Zeelt
- pt: Tenca
- pl: Lin

## Countries with the most observations

RU (247), DE (245), GB (197), FR (192), IT (122), NL (99), CA (94), PL (92), AT (90), CH (78), DK (76), UA (62)

## Summary

The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal. It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench

## Photo

![Lin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tench/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94138608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tench?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).