Tench

Tench (Tinca tinca) — fish of family of the karpovy. Has the short, high and thick body covered with small skintight scales and a dense layer of slime. Coloring of a body depends on dwelling conditions: from greenish-silvery (in transparent water with sandy soil) to dark-brown with bronze outflow (in reservoirs with oozy soil).
In Belarus it is widespread mainly in lakes and inundated reservoirs. The tench thermophilic fish, avoids reservoirs with cold water. Malotrebovatelen to quality of water, lives in conditions in which other fishes quickly perish. Constantly keeps in the same places, making small perekochyovka only during a high water.