| Common carp | Grass carp | Silver carp | Bighead carp | Channel catfish | Pike | Pike-perch | European catfish | Tench | Catla | Rohu | Mrigal | Kalbasu |
Age at 1st maturity years | Temperate zone | 3–4 | 4–7 | 4–6 | 6–8 | ♀3 | ♀3–4 | ♀3–4 | ♀4–5 | ♀3–4 | Do not survive in temperate zone |
♂3 | ♂2–3 | ♂2–3 | ♂3–4 | ♂2–3 |
Subtropical and tropical zones | 1 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 3–4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Size at 1st maturity, cm/kg | Temperate zone | 25–40 cm | 50–70 cm | 60–80 cm | 70–80 cm | ♀1.5–4 kg | ♀30–40 cm | ♀30–40 cm | 50–70 cm | 25–30 cm | - | - | - | - |
6–8 kg | 2–6 kg | 5–10 kg | ♂0.3–0.5 kg | ♂20–30 cm | ♂25–30 cm |
Subtropical and tropical zones | 15–20 cm | 4–6 kg | 2–4 kg | 3–7 kg | - | - | - | - | - | 2–5 kg 45–55 cm | 1–3 kg 29–51 cm | 1–3 kg 35–55 cm | 1–3 kg 1–3 kg |
| No. of eggs/kg body weight (000) | 100–200 | 60–80 | 60–80 | 50–60 | 2–3 | 17–22 | 150–200 | 20–30 | 80–120 | 100–250 | 200–400 | 150–300 | 250–400 |
| Spawning season and temperature, °C | Spring | Rainy season | Rainy season | Rainy season | 21–29 May | Early spring | Spring | May-June | May-June | during the rainy season (S.W. monsoon) |
18–22 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 22–26 | (average 26) | 6–12 | 10–12 | 22–24 | 22–24 | 24–31 (opt:27) | 24–31 (opt:27) | 24–31 (opt:27) | 24–31 (opt:27) |
| Manner of spawning | in groups | in groups | in groups | in groups | in pairs | in small groups | in pairs | in pairs | in groups | in groups | in groups | in groups | in groups |
| Spawning place | freshly inundated grassy area | in gravel bottomed areas of rivers | rivers | rivers | confined waters | littoral zones of confined waters | deeper parts of confined waters | on roots in confined waters | grassy areas of confined waters | inundated areas adjoining river banks |
| Type of parental care, if any | none | none | none | none | male guards and aerates the eggs | none | male guards the eggs for a few days | male guards the nest | none | none | none | none | none |
| Diameter of : Dry | 1–1.5 | 0.9–1.2 | 0.7–1 | 1–1.1 | - | 1.5–2 | 0.6–0.8 | 1.5–2 | 0.4–0.5 | 2–3.2 | 1–1.1 | 1–1.5 | ? |
| eggs, mm : Swollen | 1.5–2.5 | 3.7–5.3 | 3.7–5.3 | 3.7–5.3 | 2–2.5 | 2.5–3 | 1–1.5 | 3–4 | 0.6–0.7 | 4.4–6.5 | 2.5–5 | 4.5–6 | 3.4–4.4 |
| No. of dry eggs in 1 kg (000) | 700–1 000 | 800–900 | 900–1 100 | 600–800 | 6–9 | 180–220 | 1 500–2 200 | 180–220 | 2 000 | - | - | - | - |
| No. of swollen eggs in 1 l (000) | 80–120 | 16–18 | 18–22 | 12–16 | - | 50–80 | 1 000–1 300 | 30–50 | 600–700 | 12–22 | 21–26 | 17–37 | 22–36 |
| Incubation | : in days/h | 3.5–4 days | 1–1.5 days | 1–1.5 days | 1–1.5 days | 10 days (at 21°C) | 8–15 days | 6–10 days | 2.5–3 days | 3 days | 14–20 h | 14–20 h | 16–24 h | 14–20 h |
5 days (at 29°C) |
: in day-grades | 60–70 | 24–30 | 24–30 | 26–30 | - | 120–140 | 110–120 | 50–60 | 60–70 | 20–22 | 20–22 | 22–25 | 22–25 |
| Larval : in days | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–7 | 6–13 | 5–9 | 4–5 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 |
| stage : in day-grades | 60–70 | 60–70 | 60–70 | 60–70 | | 100–120 | 100–110 | 70–100 | 100–110 | | | | |
| Length of hatched larva, mm | 4.8–5 | 5–5.2 | 5–5.2 | 5–5.2 | | 8.5–8.7 | 4.5–5 | 6.4–6.6 | 3.5–3.6 | 4.4–5.3 | 3–4.5 | 3.5–4.8 | 3.2–4.2 |
| Length of just feeding fry, mm | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6.5 | 7–8 | | 11–14 | 5–6 | 8–9 | 4.5–5.5 | 6.5–6.6 | 6.4–6.5 | 6.5–6.6 | 6.4–6.5 |
| Length of 1 month-old fry, mm | 25–35 | 25–30 | 25–30 | 25–30 | | 30–50 | 25–50 | 30–50 | 15–20 | 26–36 | 25–35 | 25–35 | 25–35 |
| Size of first food, microns | 100–300 | 50–300 | 50–250 | 50–300 | | 200–500 | 50–200 | 200–500 | 50–100 | 50–300 | 50–250 | 50–250 | 50–250 |