The ichthyofauna of the Moksha River, a tributary of the Volga river basin, Russia Author Artaev, Oleg Author Ruchin, Alexander B. text Check List 2017 2017-07-28 13 4 185 202 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.4.185 journal article 10.15560/13.4.185 1809-127X Tinca tinca ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) , Tench. Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus 1758: 321 . Tinca tinca — Kottelat and Freyhof 2007: 296 . Material examined. Table 1 . Green pattern color of body and presence of small scales. This species does not inhabit rivers and has been observed only in other types of water bodies, except for karst and suffusion lakes. It most frequently inhabits reservoirs (33.3%) and streaming oxbow lakes (12.5%), with a slightly rarer occurrence in ponds and landlocked oxbows (7.1 and 6.5%, respectively). Its share in catches in all types of habitats varies in the range 1.7–2.6%.