Inland Fisheries

9.2.1.1.1 Tench and Crucian carps

Both the tench (Tinca tinca) and Crucian carps (Carassius carassius) were introduced in the Nilgiris in 1874 from Europe as food fish. They are essentially cold water species and established themselves in the ponds and lakes in Ooty area in Tamilnadu. In addition, C. carassius was also reported to breed at Sunkesula fish farm in Andhra Pradesh. Due to slow growth rate of the fish (15 – 20 cm in first year, at present no scientific culture practice exists in our country.