Tench
Fish · 1-star rarity · Sells for 50 Gold
How to get: Forest Lake
Found in ponds and lakes.
Where and when
| Kind | Fish |
| Availability | Always available |
| Water | Pond / lake |
| Shadow | Small |
| Where | Forest Lake |
| Time | All day |
| Weather | SunnyRainyRainbow |
Star grades
Every Tench is caught at one of five star grades, decided by its weight, which can be anywhere from 50 g to 150 g. The grade sets the sale price: a 5-star sells for 8× as much as a 1-star.
| Grade | Chance | Weight from | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ★☆☆☆☆ Thin | 50.00% | 50 g | 50 |
| ★★☆☆☆ Artful | 30.00% | 70 g | 75 |
| ★★★☆☆ Medium | 15.00% | 90 g | 100 |
| ★★★★☆ Chunky | 3.00% | 110 g | 200 |
| ★★★★★ Heavy | 2.00% | 130 g | 400 |
On average, one Tench sells for 77.
Used in
Tench counts as Fish when a recipe asks for that ingredient in general.
7 dishes
Deluxe Seafood Platter
Fish & Chips
Marinated Fillets
New Year Fortune Fish
Prickly Pear Fish Soup
Seafood Pizza
Smoked Fish BagelPet food
Cats eat Tench: it fills 10 at 1★ and 15 at 5★. A pet is full at 100. What pets eat
Certificate
Collecting Tench counts toward the Fishing certificate, one of 171 things that do. The ranks are Fishing Beginner, Fishing Apprentice, Fishing Expert, Fishing Master, with 200 points to reach the second. Collecting one pays 
European Perch.
Description
| Encyclopedia | Rumor has it these slippery fish can heal each other by body-touching, thus the nickname "Doctor Fish." |
Name in every language
| 简体中文 | 丁鳜 |
| 繁體中文 | 丁鱖 |
| English | Tench |
| Deutsch | Schleie |
| Français | Tanche dorée |
| 日本語 | テンチ |
| 한국어 | 텐치 |
| Español | Tenca |
| Português | Tenca |
| ไทย | ปลาเทนช์ |
| Русский | Линь |
| Bahasa | Tench |