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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Bathypelagic, require tuburlent current to stay suspended | Pelagic |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Egg | Incubation time | One day after fertilization, larval carp will hatch | No data |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Often migrate upstream to spawn | No data |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | April-June, peaking in lale May in Asia, in their study in June | ['April', 'May', 'June'] |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 1-2 [June 16-21 or June 21-July 5] | 1.5 weeks |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | Optimum teperature for spawning is 22-26°C, and water temperature must exceed 19°C to induce spawning activity | 24.0 °C |
| Aristichthys nobilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Typically occurs ar river confluences or behind sandbars, gravels bars, and islands charcaterized by current faster then 0.8 m/s and turbulent flow | Flowing or turbulent water |