Shikhshabekov, M.M. (1979) On the reproductive biology of Rutilus frisii kutum (Kamensky), Aspius aspius (L.), Vimba vimba persa (Pallas) and Scardinius erythrophthalmus (L.) in Dagestan water bodies. Vopr. Ikhtiol., pp. 495-502
Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Parental care | No, immediatly after spawning the asp leaves the spawning ground for the sea | No category |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Parental care | No protection, after spawning the vimba does not stay in the spawning grounds | No care |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Gravel or stones | Lithophils |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 8-10 | 9.0 °C |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | Not less than 18-20 | 19.0 °C |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 16-17, mostly between 1-20 | 16.5 °C |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 1-2 (short) | 1.5 weeks |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 7-11 (June-July) | 9.0 weeks |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Open sections of the lake with the greatest flow, more rarely in places weaklt overgrown with very coarse submerged vegetation (mainly reeds and rushes) | Stagnant water |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | High rate flow : current of 0.6-0.9 m/second | Flowing or turbulent water |
Aspius aspius | Female | Maximum GSI value | 8.6-15.3 (mean 11.6) | 11.95 percent |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Maximum GSI value | Average 9.3 | 9.3 percent |
Vimba vimba | Male | Male sexual dimorphism | A well-expressed spawning livery, the appearance of black stripes along the dorsal and ventral part of the body is usually observed in ripe males | Absent |
Vimba vimba | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | The eggs are very sticky | Adhesive |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Male | Onset of spermatogenesis | November (overwinter in stage III) | ['February', 'November', 'March', 'January'] |
Aspius aspius | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 4 | 4.0 years |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 3-4 | 3.5 years |
Vimba vimba | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 3 | 3.0 years |
Aspius aspius | Female | Resting period | 3-3.5 [Between Mid-May until end of August] | 3.25 months |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Resting period | >1 (August) | 1.0 months |
Vimba vimba | Female | Resting period | 3 (June until August) | 3.0 months |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Male | Main spermatogenesis activity | April | ['April'] |
Aspius aspius | Female | Onset of oogenesis | Beginning of September and continue to increase regularly in the winter period (December-February) | ['March', 'January', 'September', 'December', 'February'] |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Onset of oogenesis | September (Ovaries are in the state III from October toApril) | ['April', 'October', 'September'] |
Vimba vimba | Female | Onset of oogenesis | October (already at stage III in November, in which they remained the entire winter | ['March', 'January', 'February', 'October', 'November'] |
Aspius aspius | Female | Intensifying oogenesis activity | March-April | ['April', 'March'] |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Emerges from the overwintering habitat in early spring at the time of the onset of floods | ['April', 'March', 'January', 'May', 'June', 'February'] |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Exclusively in spring, in April-May at a temperature not lower than 10-12 | ['April', 'May', 'June'] |
Aspius aspius | Female | Absolute fecundity | 52-212 | 132.0 thousand eggs |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | June | ['June'] |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | First days of May | ['May'] |
Aspius aspius | Female | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.840-2.800 | 1.82 kg |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.08-0.53 (0.01-0.023 : stunted form due to degraded environmental conditions) | 0.305 kg |
Vimba vimba | Female | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.045-0.41 | 0.2275 kg |
Aspius aspius | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 41-58 | 49.5 cm |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 17-29 (7.5-11.0 : stunted form due to degraded environmental conditions) | 23.0 cm |
Vimba vimba | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 15-31 | 23.0 cm |
Aspius aspius | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 41-58 | 49.5 cm |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 17-29 (7.5-11.0 : stunted form due to degraded environmental conditions) | 23.0 cm |
Vimba vimba | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 15-31 | 23.0 cm |
Aspius aspius | Male | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.840-2.800 | 1.82 kg |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Male | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.08-0.53 (0.01-0.023 : stunted form due to degraded environmental conditions) | 0.305 kg |
Vimba vimba | Male | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.045-0.41 | 0.2275 kg |
Aspius aspius | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 4 | 4.0 year |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 3-4 | 3.5 year |
Vimba vimba | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 3 | 3.0 year |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Spawning is non-intermittent | Fractional |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Spawns no less than 2 batches of eggs (the first is the main one), seem to spawn only twice | Mutliple |
Vimba vimba | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Spawning is non-intermittent, however it could also spawn intermittently (as many as 3 batches of eggs with interval of 14-15 days) | Ambiguous |